Tag

#us

25 words tagged “us”

bones
noun

Dominoes.

#prison#us#dominoes#yard
Doc in a box
phrase

A small walk-in clinic, no appointment needed.

#medical#us#primary-care#clinic
Buck Rogers time
phrase

A sentence so long the parole date sounds like science fiction.

#prison#us#sentence#vintage-slang
bid
noun

A prison sentence — the time you're doing.

#prison#us#sentence#hip-hop
books
noun

Your inmate cash account — money for commissary.

#prison#us#commissary#money
jailhouse lawyer
noun

An inmate who plays legal advisor — qualifications optional.

#prison#legal#us#inmate
perp
noun

A perpetrator — the suspect tied to a crime.

#police#law-enforcement#us#procedural
the fuzz
noun, phrase

The police.

#police#us#60s#counterculture
public pretender
noun

Mocking nickname for a public defender seen as useless.

#prison#legal#us#slang
blue flu
noun

Mass police sick-out used as a back-door strike.

#police#labour#strike#us
john
noun

A prostitute's client — the customer paying for sex.

#sex-work#vice#slang#us
flop
verb

To get denied parole.

#prison#us#parole#denial
gumshoe
noun

A detective.

#police#detective#us#noir
paddy wagon
noun, phrase

A police van for hauling arrestees.

#police#us#transport#historical
max out
verb

Serve every day of your sentence, no parole, no good time.

#prison#us#sentence#parole
statie
noun

A US state trooper.

#police#us#highway-patrol#trooper
violate
verb

To get written up for breaking parole and sent back inside.

#prison#us#parole#probation
celly
noun

Your cellmate — or, sometimes, the cell itself.

#prison#us#cellmate#inmate
Five-O
noun

The police — from the TV show Hawaii Five-O.

#police#hip-hop#us#tv-origin
narc
noun, verb

A narcotics officer — or a snitch.

#police#drugs#us#snitch
flatfoot
noun

A beat cop.

#police#us#noir#historical
jacket
noun

Your prison file — and the reputation stapled to it.

#prison#us#file#reputation
paperwork
noun

Your court docs — and proof you're not a nonce or a snitch.

#prison#us#snitch#convict-code
vics
noun

Cop cars, from the Ford Crown Victoria.

#police#us#vehicles#cruiser
Rocker
noun

Drywall installer — the guy hanging sheetrock.

#construction#drywall#trades#us