noun General Slang

white-shirt

· noun · prison

A senior CO — ranked by the colour of his uniform.

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A higher-ranking prison officer — captain, lieutenant, the brass who show up when things get serious. Named because they wear white shirts while line officers wear grey or blue. When the white-shirts arrive, the situation just got upgraded.

“Two white-shirts came down to the block after the fight.”
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white-shirt In A Sentence

Two white-shirts came down to the block after the fight.

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