criminals' slang

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• slang — [slæŋ] n [U] very informal, sometimes offensive, language that is used especially by people who belong to a particular group, such as young people or criminals ▪ schoolboy slang slang word/expression/term >slangy adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slang — slang1 [slaŋ] n. [18th c. cant < ?] 1. Obs. the specialized vocabulary and idioms as of criminals and tramps, the purpose of which was to disguise from outsiders the meaning of what was said: now usually called CANT1 2. the specialized… …   English World dictionary

• slang — slang1 /slang/, n. 1. very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road. 2. (in English and some other languages) speech and …   Universalium

• slang — noun (U) very informal language that includes new and sometimes rude words, especially words used only by particular groups of people such as criminals, schoolchildren, or people who take drugs: schoolboy slang | a slang word/expression/term:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• List of slang terms for police officers — Many slang terms for police officers exist. These are often used by the public rather than the police themselves, but not all are considered offensive.The precise sociological and etymological provenance of some of these terms is… …   Wikipedia

• Rhyming slang — is a form of phrase construction in the English language and is especially prevalent in dialectal British English from the East End of London; hence the alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. The construction involves replacing a common word… …   Wikipedia

• Prison slang — is an argot used primarily by criminals and/or detainees in correctional institutions. As might be expected, many of the terms deal with criminal behavior, sex or violence. Prison slang has existed as long as there have been crime and prisons; in …   Wikipedia

• Dime (slang) — Dime is a term with multiple slang meanings. Its formal etymology is Middle English, tenth part, tithe, from Anglo French disme, dime , from Latin decima , from feminine of decimus tenth, from decem ten. Its slang uses have been related to the… …   Wikipedia

• Ordinary Decent Criminal (slang) — Ordinary Decent Criminal is a term used by An Garda Siochana, the police force of the Republic of Ireland, to distinguish criminals engaging in illegal practices for financial or personal ends from those who have terrorist goals. The term was… …   Wikipedia

• pad — {{11}}pad (n.) 1550s, bundle of straw to lie on, possibly from Low Ger. or Flem. pad sole of the foot. Meaning cushion like part of an animal foot is from 1836 in English. Generalized sense of something soft is from c.1700; the sense of a number… …   Etymology dictionary

• prat — (n.) buttock, 1560s, criminals slang, of unknown origin. Later in U.S. criminal slang, hip pocket (1914), and in British slang contemptible person (1968) …   Etymology dictionary