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et al. DAUL 50/1: Cop a sneak. 1. To assault stealthily.at cop a sneak (v.) under cop a..., v.
et al. DAUL 50/1: Cop a sneak. 1. To assault stealthily. et al. DAUL 50/1: Cop a sneak. [...] 3. To steal something when one is at a psychological disadvantage; to steal impulsively, without a plan of action or escape.at cop a sneak (v.) under cop a..., v.
et al. DAUL 68/2: Few, a. A very short sentence; as days, in a workhouse; months, in a county penitentiary; two or three years in a prison.at few, a, n.
et al. DAUL 49/2: Cop all kinds of pleas. To beg abjectly for mercy.at cop a plea, v.
et al. DAUL 50/1: Cop-a-plea mouthpiece. An unscrupulous criminal lawyer who collects his retainer fee and, if no further sums are forthcoming, advises client to plead guilty whatever the merits of his case.at cop a plea, n.
et al. DAUL 58/2: Dingaling. (Pacific Coast prisons) A convict softened mentally by imprisonment.at ding-a-ling, n.1
et al. DAUL 49/2: Cop a joint. See Cop a doodle [i.e. to fellate].at cop a joint (v.) under cop a..., v.
et al. DAUL 17/1: Ace it. To prove oneself trustworthy in an emergency; as, for example, under police grilling. ‘Mike the Burglar is one ghee (fellow) you can count on to ace it when there’s a rumble (interference) on a caper (robbery).’.at ace, v.
et al. DAUL 165/2: Pull an ace. (P) To serve one year in prison.at ace, n.
et al. DAUL 17/1: Action. Criminal activity. ‘Shape up (be present) tonight, Joe, there’s action — a Brooklyn score (robbery).’.at action, n.
et al. DAUL 17/1: Actor. A faker; a swindler.at actor, n.
et al. DAUL 231/2: Up against It. Addicted to, as to a drug habit.at up against, phr.
et al. DAUL 17/2: Air, v. To get rid of. ‘Air that stiff (fool, casual criminal, outsider).’.at air, v.
et al. DAUL 17/2: Airedale. One who is fawningly loyal, as a dog to a master. ‘I ain’t playin’ the fall guy (one who takes sole blame) on this rap (charge). What do I look like, an airedale?’.at airedale, n.
et al. DAUL 67/2: False alarm. Any insincere or disloyal person.at false alarm, n.1
et al. DAUL 18/1: All-right ghee. An excellent fellow.at all right, adj.
et al. DAUL 18/1: All of it. [...] A life sentence to prison.at all of it, n.
et al. DAUL 18/1: Alley rat. A petty thief who robs his victims in alleys and hallways.at alley rat (n.) under alley, n.1
et al. DAUL 18/1: Altar. Toilet flush-bowl; a bucket or any similar substitute.at altar, n.
et al. DAUL 18/1: Alvin. (West) Farmer; hick. ‘Yeah, some alvin beefed on (complained about) us to the town clown (constable).’.at alvin, n.
et al. DAUL 18/2: Anchor and prop. A tiepin and safety clasp designed to thwart pickpockets. ‘We put the nippers (cutters) on the mark’s (victim’s) anchor and prop, and he didn’t even know he was beat (robbed).’ [Note: While an aid pokes an opened newspaper in the face of the victim, the actual thief cuts the tie off above the point where the tiepin is fastened.].at anchor, n.
et al. DAUL 18/2: Anchor, v. [...] 2. To grant a condemned man a stay of execution.at anchor, v.
et al. DAUL 77/1: Gallagher and Shean. (Obs.) The policeman-sergeant team formerly seen patrolling the streets of big metropolises in police cars.at gallagher and shean, n.
et al. DAUL 46/1: Coffee-and [...] anything picayune, petty or cheap. (‘Coffee-and dough’— unimportant money.) (‘Coffee-and touch’—a petty theft.) [...] Coffee-and grifter or hustler. 1. A petty thief or racketeer. 2. A cheap prostitute.at coffee-and, adj.
et al. DAUL 46/1: Coffee-and pimp. One who lives off the earnings of cheap prostitutes. ‘A bunch of them street-corner coffee-and pimps took a drop (were arrested) on that short-arm heist (rape charge).’.at coffee-and pimp (n.) under coffee-and, adj.
et al. DAUL 39/2: C-and-M. A mixture of cocaine and morphine. ‘Them junkeys (drug addicts) hooked on (habituated to) c-and-m would rat (inform) on their mothers for the whizz-bang (potent drug mixture).’.at C and M, n.
et al. DAUL 19/1: Angel. 1. A prospective victim for thieves or swindlers; esp. one who pays protection money; an habitual victim of extortion.at angel, n.
et al. DAUL 19/1: (P) Angel cake and wine. A diet of bread and water prescribed as some form of punishment.at angel cake and wine (n.) under angel, n.
et al. DAUL 136/2: Mary Ann, the. The robbery of drunkards by combined crude pocket-picking and suave talk; frequently the thief pretends to be a sexual pervert to throw off suspicion that he is feeling for the victim’s wallet.at mary ann, n.1
et al. DAUL 19/1: Apple. A big shot; a personage of real or pretended distinction in the underworld. ‘Mike’s got to be an apple In the alky (alcohol) racket now.’ [Ibid.] Big apple. A big shot; one who has, or creates the illusion of having, influence, money, etc.at apple, n.1
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