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Inside the C.I.D. 199: Broadsman Cardsharper.at broadsman (n.) under broads, n.
Inside the C.I.D. 199: Broadsman Cardsharper. Inside the C.I.D. 76: Some of the gang members concentrated on ‘casing’ the house to see what was there, and how it could be best entered.at case, v.1
Inside the C.I.D. 199: Claim Arrest.at claim, v.
Inside the C.I.D. 103: He was a representative of a dog-doping syndicate [...] He proposed to dope the dogs with pills.at dope, v.1
Inside the C.I.D. 11: This looks like the man you want. He’s got some ‘form’ for screwing (house-breaking).at form, n.1
Inside the C.I.D. 83: ‘What did you think of Mrs. Ransom?’ ‘A good-looker but tough.’.at good-looker (n.) under good, adj.1
Inside the C.I.D. 123: He ‘grassed’ (informed) on the gang, and another nine men went to gaol.at grass, v.2
Inside the C.I.D. 42: In January, 1940, I was promoted to Chief Inspector and given charge of the Flying Squad [...] or the ‘Heavy Mob’ as it is called by the criminal fraternity.at heavy mob, n.
Inside the C.I.D. 199: Lawing Posing as police officers.at law, v.
Inside the C.I.D. 71: ‘I hear you are invading my “manor”, Dodger,’ I said.at manor, n.
Inside the C.I.D. 75: There was William Hill, now the self-styled ‘Boss of the Underworld,’ Harry Bryan and Georgie Ball, all of whom were part of what was known as the Kentish Town Mob.at mob, n.2
(con. 1919) Inside the C.I.D. 17: We had some practice with the truncheon, a fifteen-inch length of hard wood known as ‘Mr. Wood’.at Mr Wood (n.) under Mr, n.
Inside the C.I.D. 35: ‘That you, guv’nor?’ said the voice of the man who had ‘nipped’ me for five shilings.at nip, v.1
(con. 1920s) Inside the C.I.D. 47: When the thieves were sentenced at the Old Bailey to long terms of imprisonment the case was neatly summarised by a tall City policeman [...] ‘Jam today, but porridge (prison) tomorrow’.at porridge, n.
Inside the C.I.D. 35: He went on: ‘There’s a load of ‘pussies’ (furs) in the fourth shed in the alley’.at pussy, n.
Inside the C.I.D. 200: Snide Counterfeit.at snide, adj.
Inside the C.I.D. 11: The detective outside had a tip from one of his informants, the men known as ‘stool-pigeons’ or ‘snouts’.at snout, n.4
Inside the C.I.D. 200: Squeeze Silk.at squeeze, n.1
Inside the C.I.D. 71: These terros, or ‘tearaways’ as they styled themselves, began to give trouble in the clubs, demanding money and drinks and smashing furniture when they were refused.at tearaway, n.
Inside the C.I.D. 63: ‘Ring the Yard, Bob,’ I said. ‘Let’s have the print and picture boys round.’.at Yard, the, n.
Inside the C.I.D. 200: Whizzers Pickpockets.at whizzer, n.2
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