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  2. Prison slang - Wikipedia

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    An Informant (an inmate who informs prison officials of any illicit activity within the prison system including prisoners and guards), also "snitch" Rank An inmate's position based on prior and/or current tenure in the prison system Seg A term meaning solitary confinement (from the official term "administrative segregation") Shank/Shiv

  3. Bad-jacketing - Wikipedia

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    Bad-jacketing is a term for planting doubt on the authenticity of an individual's bona fides or identity. An example would be creating suspicion through spreading false rumors, manufacturing evidence, etc., that falsely portray someone in a community organization as an informant, or member of law enforcement, or guilty of malfeasance such as skimming organization funds.

  4. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız

  5. Sadri (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    The Khadi bandi is worn over a kurta and churidar. Jawaharlal Nehru, left, in a Bandi or Nehru vest, talking to Mahatma Gandhi, 1942. Sadri (Hindi: सदरी, Urdu: صدری), also known as a Waskat (Hindi: वास्कट, Urdu: واسکٹ) or Bandi (Hindi: बंडी, Urdu: بنڈی), is a vest-jacket worn by men in South Asia, while women sometimes wear a similar waistcoat known as ...

  6. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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    The Nehru jacket is a uniform jacket without lapels or collars, popularized by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India. The Bloomer Costume was a type of women's clothing introduced in the Antebellum period, that changed the style from dresses to a more male-type style, which was devised by Amelia Bloomer .

  7. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...

  8. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi पश्मीना, Urdu پشمينه, ultimately from Persian پشمينه. Punch from Hindi and Urdu panch پانچ, meaning "five". The drink was originally made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea or spices. [15] [16] The original drink was named paantsch. Pundit

  9. Snitch - Wikipedia

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    Golden Snitch or Snitch, a ball in Quidditch in the Harry Potter series; Snitch Newsweekly, a 2000–2005 American newspaper covering crime and police news; Steve Snitch (born 1983), English rugby league footballer