Definitions by the thinker

brownshirt 

Nazi, especially a storm trooper (Schutzstaffel, or the SS), often noted for violence, aggression and brutality.

Some police officers behave like brownshirts and thugs.

brownshirt by The Thinker September 25, 2006

gauleiter 

1. A party district leader in Nazi Germany who also was a provincial governor. 2. One who is likened to a gauleiter, especially someone who is dictatorial, overbearing, or intolerent of dissent or opposing views.

From the German words gau, meaning district, and leiter, meaning leader.

There are some leaders in a organization who are regular gauleiters.

gauleiter by The Thinker September 25, 2006

chivato

A Spanish word for "informer." It could also mean "rat" or "stool pidgeon."

...he had chivatos like that working for him, his judgment stinks. (Alejandro Sosa, the Bolivian cocaine from the 1983 movie Scarface)

chivato by The Thinker August 4, 2004

juice racket 

usury or loan sharking.

The juice racket was always a part of Jimmy the Gent's criminal trade.

juice racket by The Thinker July 25, 2004

rap sheet 

a document of a person's arrest history.

Tony Carlo has a rap sheet as long as my arm.

rap sheet by The Thinker July 25, 2004

long rider 

a person serving a life sentence in prison; lifer

Before Dahmer was killed, he was to be a long rider.

long rider by The Thinker July 25, 2004

hunky 

Disparaging term for a Russian or Eastern European

hunky by The Thinker June 21, 2003