the thinker's definitions

juice racket

usury or loan sharking.

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

by The Thinker July 25, 2004

devil's bones

dice

by The Thinker June 21, 2003

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.

by The Thinker September 25, 2006

rap sheet

a document of a person's arrest history.

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

by The Thinker July 25, 2004

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)

by The Thinker August 4, 2004

long rider

a person serving a life sentence in prison; lifer

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

by The Thinker July 25, 2004

Capo

A boss in an organized crime, typically La Cosa Nostra (Italian-American mob)
caporegime(lieutenant or captain)

by The Thinker June 21, 2003