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[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 150: Without causing too much a commotion, they’d use the come-along hold an’ take him down the gangway.
at come-along, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 4: [H]e was amped up from his exchange with the kid.
at amp up (v.) under amp, v.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 55: First stop was his girlfriend’s house [...] Twenty minutes later, he exited her house, still buttoning up his shirt. [...]. ‘Got to do a little hit and run to take the edge off’.
at hit and run, n.2
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 229: ‘[G]imme another Absolut cranberry, and back it up with two shots of Jaeger, one for each of us’.
at back, n.1
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 164: [I]f I ever saw another laundry box full of cash [...] I could see myself giving in to the temptation of finally hitting the big one.
at big one, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 39: ‘They charge coppers half-boat on detailing and car washes. There’s no reason to be driving around in a dirty car. [...] Ain’t no reason why you should pay full-boat for anything in this district’ .
at boat, n.1
[US] (con. 1994) J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 180: The 23rd District, located in the heart of Chicago’s gay community near Wrigley Field and often referred to as Boys Town, was the home of the Nitwit Police.
at Boystown, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 102: The smell of gunpowder overwhelmed the fragrance of the cooking brats and hamburgers.
at brat, n.2
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 229: ‘I can’t wait all night for a little sugar.’ ‘Don’t get all bunched up,’ he said.
at bunched up, adj.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 79: Pearl Jam had just released a new album that was burning up the charts.
at burn up, v.
[US] (con. 1994) J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 183: ‘Sorry, Bill, no offense meant.’ ‘No offense taken,’ he replied. ‘You called them out for what they are’.
at call (out) (v.) under call, v.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 108: In the structure and lingo of the Chicago Police Department, a Chinaman is someone in a white shirt (above the rank of beat cop) with heavy political pull—a person who could, with one word, make or break a cop’s career [...] their power comes from their connections to people in high places.
at Chinaman, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 258: ‘I got a chiquita over here, and she loves to party’.
at chiquita, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 149: ‘I mean just about everyone on the West Side is slinging bags, what could be easier than cracking on the dealers like we do now?’ [...] 150: ‘One of these dealers on the streets gets cracked (arrested) an’ knows he’s in deep shit’.
at crack, v.3
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 132: ‘We don’t wanna be waiting at the door with our dicks in our hands, junior’.
at caught holding one’s dick under dick, n.1
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 95: Working midnights would be a nice change [...] because the only people who’d be out during those hours had to be dirty.
at dirty, adj.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 149: [T]he radio marked a successful buy, and the enforcement teams were being called on for a takedown.
at take-down, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 34: [T]hey were caught on the local news flashing the Disciples’ gang sign and throwing down the crown, the sign of the Latin Kings, signifying the Disciples superiority over the Latin KIngs.
at throw down, v.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 261: ‘You’re straight. We’ll float ya the ducats’.
at ducat, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 261: ‘You’re straight. We’ll float ya the ducats if we see the guy’.
at float, v.2
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 227: ‘Can you give me change for this hundo? I’m gonna score a forty and need some small bills’.
at forty, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 245: ‘Just a random test, Juan,’ he said. I was freaked out because I knew my piss was hot.
at hot, adj.
[US] (con. 1994) J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 181: I was thinking about [...] all the hot mamas I had seen checking me out in my uniform.
at hot mama, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 227: ‘Can you give me change for this hundo?’.
at hundo, n.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 260: My‘ lady keeps on paging me and I gotta jam’.
at jam, v.6
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 187: I had heard rumors that if someone didn’t produce, he or she would be out of the unit, but [...] I never heard of anyone getting launched for it.
at launch, v.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 74: We hit thecelebration on Sunday and had three days to get obliterated.
at obliterated, adj.
[US] (con. 1994) J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 183: ‘[S]ome lame-ass, white motherfuckin’, thick-necked tac boys [...] were sitting on (conducting surveillance on) the corner’.
at sit on, v.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 161: ‘Nah, you motherfuckers. You ain’t putting no case on me,’ the kid protested.
at put on, v.
[US] J.A. Juarez Brotherhood of Corruption 113: ‘How about Suarez and Manriquez? [...] Looks like their PR (Puerto Rican) connection in city hall pulled some strings’.
at P.R., n.
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