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[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 320: aggravation: harassment imposed by either the police or criminals on each other.
at aggravation, n.2
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: bubble, to: to put in for X: to disclose damaging evidence about X.
at bubble (and squeak), v.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 323: flounder, a: a taxi.
at flounder (and dab), n.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: bottle: nerve, acumen.
at bottle (and glass), n.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 323: have it away, to: to escape.
at have it away, v.
[UK] P. Laurie Scotland Yard 254: And then they could go bent on us - I hope most policemen would laugh at £500, but they might not.
at go bent (v.) under bent, adj.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: black, the: a blackmailer’s information.
at black, n.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: blag, to: to rob.
at blag, v.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: blagging, a: a robbery.
at blagging (n.) under blag, v.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: block, the: an embargo on information, imposed from above.
at put a/the block on (v.) under block, n.6
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: blow out, to: for a case, theory, accusation, to fall down.
at blow out, v.1
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: breaker, a: a house- or shop-breaker.
at breaker, n.1
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: brief, a: a warrant or warrant-card.
at brief, n.1
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: bustle puncher, a: one who caresses ladies’ bottoms in a dense crowd.
at bustle-punching, n.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: civvie: the amorphous British public that is always getting lost and wanting to know the time.
at civvie, n.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 321: claim, to: to arrest.
at claim, v.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 322: coat, have you got a?: intimation of arrest.
at coat, v.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 322: done for: convicted of, e.g. ‘Done for drunk’, ‘Done for speed’.
at do, v.1
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 322: down to: thus: X is down to Y = X is Y’s responsibility.
at down to, adj.2
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 322: drag, to: to steal from cars.
at drag, v.1
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 322: drink, a: a bribe.
at drink, n.4
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 322: cop a drop, to: to accept a bribe.
at cop a/the drop (v.) under drop, n.1
[UK] P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 12: Quite frankly, you’re a bit of a facer.
at facer, n.2
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 323: finger, a: a disagreeable person.
at finger, n.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 323: frame: the general scene, the area of suspicion.
at frame, n.2
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 323: governor: a superior in the Police, a term that expresses respect without servility.
at governor, n.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 323: gutty: tedious, difficult to bear.
at gutty, adj.1
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 324: h b i: House-breaking implements; possession of them is an offence.
at h.b.i., n.
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 326: put the hands up, to: to confess.
at put one’s hand up (v.) under hand, n.1
[UK] ‘Metropolitan Police Sl.’ in P. Laurie Scotland Yard (1972) 327: rubber heel: internal police investigation (in contrast to the noisy steel-tipped heel of the traditional police boot).
at rubber heel, n.
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