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The 3-0 choose

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[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 269: ‘I came back to the 3-0 and went back in the bag wanting to walk the beat’.
at bag, n.1
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 97: [T]hey boomed three doors that day, but they couldn’t take any of the items [...] the captain watched continuously.
at boom, v.
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 115: It was a typical Irish bar with good food and drinks at a reasonable price and some buybacks on every third drink.
at buyback (n.) under buy, v.
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 309: They popped open a couple of beers and were getting quite a buzz on.
at have a buzz on (v.) under buzz, n.
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 110: I chuckled and told the third teenager, ‘Listen I’m just busting your chops. I grew up a Mets fan.’.
at bust someone’s chops (v.) under chops, n.1
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 227: The captain let out a deep breath and hit me with the clinker. Like a sledge hammer to the head, it was as if I was Rocky Balboa getting hit by Apollo Creed.
at clinker, n.4
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 302: On their way, they made comments about all the Domos, short for Dominicans, out on the street corners.
at Domo, n.
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 135: I continued to drill him as to why they were in this apartment.
at drill, v.1
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 33: He knew I was promised the 23rd Precinct, and I also knew he had an ear at One Police Plaza.
at ear, n.1
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 294: The NYPD [...] just don’t care. It’s their way or the highway.
at it’s my way or the highway, phr.
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 192: He was technically a house mouse, which meant he stayed inside, always doing administrative work [etc].
at house mouse (n.) under house, n.1
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 98: [T]hey would place the key on some drug dealer and come up with a fabricated story to tell the district attorney. This was called ‘test-i-lying’.
at test-I-lie, v.
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 98: [W]hen the heat came down that officers were being investigated they went to key jobs. They would go to a known drug building, throw everyone up against a wall, and search for an apartment key [...] they would try the key on every apartment door until they found the right apartment. Once inside the apartment, they would ransack the apartment [...] for drugs, guns, and mostly cash.
at key job (n.) under key, n.1
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 287: he lieutenant held up my personnel folder [...] I felt humbled and had to say, ‘Bronx Robbery Squad, Lou. I learned from the best detectives in the world’.
at looie, n.
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 77: ‘Listen, if it’s some drugs in here, just give it to us, just tell us. We’ll put it up for you,’ [Officer] Rayam said.
at put up, v.
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 270: He did one hell of a job and to say this shook my world would be an understatement.
at rock someone’s world (v.) under rock, v.3
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 215: In the 3-0, it’s always about a big score, and like clockwork the kid gave up the stash house.
at score, n.3
[US] L. Lungaro The 3-0 16: Detective Christopher Hoban [...] was a caring, humble undercover who gave so much to this city.
at undercover, n.1
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