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  2. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    English/Australian slang term short for jackboots. The term can be used to describe a police officer, informant or an unreliable person. "To go jack on a mate" is the act of betraying associates or implicating them in a crime. A "jack" is someone who is considered not to be trusted. Also old slang for CID in Liverpool. [35] Jackboots

  3. Suspect - Wikipedia

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    The distinction between suspect and perpetrator recognizes that the suspect is not known to have committed the offense, while the perpetrator—who may not yet have been suspected of the crime, and is thus not necessarily a suspect—is the one who did. The suspect may be a different person from the perpetrator, or there may have been no actual ...

  4. Suspect (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Suspect, an Australian television play; Suspect, an American legal thriller starring Cher and Dennis Quaid "Suspect", an episode of American television series Smallville; Suspect, a 2007 made-for-TV film directed by Guy Ritchie; Suspect, a 2007 British children's TV series featuring mystery solving

  5. 187 (slang) - Wikipedia

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    The number "187" has been used by gangs throughout the United States and elsewhere as a synonym for murder; this usage has been documented in Florida, [1] Wisconsin, [2] the United Kingdom, [3] Germany [4] and Norway. [5] It also features widely in hip-hop culture, such as in Dr. Dre's "Deep Cover" or, YNW Melly's "Murder on My Mind".

  6. Suspect in Taylor Swift Vienna concert plot allegedly ... - AOL

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    A third suspect, a 15-year old Austrian national with Turkish roots, was currently being questioned by authorities, he added. Fans of Taylor Swift exchange bracelets in Vienna, after her three ...

  7. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    Words with specific American meanings that have different meanings in British English and/or additional meanings common to both dialects (e.g., pants, crib) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in British and American English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different ...

  8. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  9. Search and seizure - Wikipedia

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    Dareton police search the vehicle of a suspected drug smuggler in Wentworth, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Victoria.. Search and seizure is a procedure used in many civil law and common law legal systems by which police or other authorities and their agents, who, suspecting that a crime has been committed, commence a search of a person's property and ...