[9] Big house: Prison Bleed: To extort or blackmail Bust out: To escape from jail or prison Buzzer: Police badge Chicago overcoat: A coffin Chicago typewriter or Tommy gun: A Thompson machine gun Chisel: To swindle, cheat, or work an angle Cinder dick: Railroad detective Convincer, gat, heater, or rod: Gun Copper: Police officer Dick, gumshoe, or flatfoot: A detective Drilling, plugging, throwing lead, filling someone with daylight, giving someone lead poisoning: Shooting someone with a gun G-man: A federal agent (coined by Machine Gun Kelly) Goons: Enforcers, tough guys, or henchmen Hotsquat: An electric chair House dick or house peeper: House detective Make tracks: To leave abruptly or in a hurry or put distance between yourself and where you were Micky or Micky Finn: A drink spiked with drugs to knock you out On sus: Suspected of committing a crime On the lam: Fleeing from law enforcement Packing heat or wearing iron: Carrying a gun Patsy: An innocent man framed for a crime Sourdough: Counterfeit money Stool pigeon: An informer or snitch Take for a ride: To drive someone away to murder them Taking the rap or taking the fall: Taking responsibility for someone else's crime Trigger men: Hired gunmen Radio programming boomed in the 20s and 30s, often broadcasting live performances since the Great Depression made it too expensive to make many records
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