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made a triumphant return to the Louvre. Today, she smiles out—from her nearly impregnable, climate-controlled, bulletproof glass case—at more than five million admirers each year.
Panda car: British slang for a police car (because it’s black and white) .
UNCLE ZU’S DICTIONARY
Want to talk like a mobster? These underworld terms will get you started. (But don’t you go tellin’ no one where you got it from, crumb!)
Zu . Translates as “uncle,” a term of endearment for a senior member of the underworld.
Oobatz . Crazy.
Ace of Spades: The wealthy widow of a dead mobster.
Babbo . An underling who has been deemed useless.
Shy . Short for “shylock,” a mobster who lends money at an extremely high rate of interest.
Left-handed wife . A mobster’s mistress, also called a comare .
Candy brains . A mobster who also partakes of the drugs he sells.
Bubble gum machine . Police car.
Government securities . A set of handcuffs.
Fortune teller . The sentencing judge, who knows your future.
Guest of the state . A mobster serving time in prison.
Do a dime . Ten years in prison.
Chased . Banished from the Mafia (a merciful punishment considering the alternative).
Turban . To give a man a turban is to crack his head open.
Serious headache . A bullet to the head.
Dracula . The guy who has to clean blood from a crime scene.
Buttlegging . Bootlegging untaxed cigarettes.
Crumb . A “regular Joe” who is not a member of the Mob.
On the pad . A cop who receives payment to ignore Mob crimes.
Stugots: From stu cazzo , it means “testicles.” (It’s also the name of Tony Soprano’s yacht.)
Cowboy . High-ranking mobster who carries out his own hits.
Omertà . The “code of silence” that prohibits cooperating with the government.
Flip . To abandon the omertà and squeal to the authorities. Do that and you’ll likely be...
Whacked . Murdered. Also “hit,” “popped,” “rubbed out,” “bumped off,” “iced,” “gone for a ride,” and “sleeping with the fishes.”
Texas Rangers were said to “ride like a Mexican, shoot like a Kentuckian, and fight like the devil.”
CANADIAN GANGLAND
Canada: the land of big lakes, lots of snow, friendly people—and a whole bunch of dangerous, violent gangs .
B ACKGROUND
Most people don’t think of Canada as a place where violent gangs roam the streets, but in the past two decades, the number of gangs in the country has grown exponentially. Today there are today literally thousands of them, and their turf wars and drive-by shootings make the headlines more and more often. Here’s a rundown of some of the most notorious—and dangerous—of them all.
Gang: Indian Posse (IP)
Base: Winnipeg, Manitoba
History: Indian Posse, believed to be the first “aboriginal gang” (or “First Nations” gang), was founded by a handful of disaffected teenagers in Winnipeg around 1990. IP quickly grew from a petty-theft operation into a criminal powerhouse specializing in drug trafficking, robbery, and prostitution on reservations, in cities, and inside prisons. Today it’s the largest of the many existing aboriginal gangs, with hundreds of full-fledged members and many more “associates” who can be identified by their red bandannas and “IP” tattoos. IP members are believed to be responsible for hundreds of violent crimes, including many murders, mostly of rival gang members in drug wars. Co-founder Richard Wolfe was sentenced to 19 years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder in 1996, and still maintains a leadership position from his cell.
Gang: The Galloway Boys, or G-Way
Base: Scarborough, a section of Toronto, Ontario
History: In 2000 this small but deadly gang was founded by a youth named Tyshan Riley, who, at the age of 18, became one of Scarborough’s leading gangsters. In 2002 a high-ranking G-Way associate was shot to death by members of their main rivals, the Malvern Crew, from Toronto’s nearby Malvern district. That led to a gang
Panda car: British slang for a police car (because it’s black and white) .
UNCLE ZU’S DICTIONARY
Want to talk like a mobster? These underworld terms will get you started. (But don’t you go tellin’ no one where you got it from, crumb!)
Zu . Translates as “uncle,” a term of endearment for a senior member of the underworld.
Oobatz . Crazy.
Ace of Spades: The wealthy widow of a dead mobster.
Babbo . An underling who has been deemed useless.
Shy . Short for “shylock,” a mobster who lends money at an extremely high rate of interest.
Left-handed wife . A mobster’s mistress, also called a comare .
Candy brains . A mobster who also partakes of the drugs he sells.
Bubble gum machine . Police car.
Government securities . A set of handcuffs.
Fortune teller . The sentencing judge, who knows your future.
Guest of the state . A mobster serving time in prison.
Do a dime . Ten years in prison.
Chased . Banished from the Mafia (a merciful punishment considering the alternative).
Turban . To give a man a turban is to crack his head open.
Serious headache . A bullet to the head.
Dracula . The guy who has to clean blood from a crime scene.
Buttlegging . Bootlegging untaxed cigarettes.
Crumb . A “regular Joe” who is not a member of the Mob.
On the pad . A cop who receives payment to ignore Mob crimes.
Stugots: From stu cazzo , it means “testicles.” (It’s also the name of Tony Soprano’s yacht.)
Cowboy . High-ranking mobster who carries out his own hits.
Omertà . The “code of silence” that prohibits cooperating with the government.
Flip . To abandon the omertà and squeal to the authorities. Do that and you’ll likely be...
Whacked . Murdered. Also “hit,” “popped,” “rubbed out,” “bumped off,” “iced,” “gone for a ride,” and “sleeping with the fishes.”
Texas Rangers were said to “ride like a Mexican, shoot like a Kentuckian, and fight like the devil.”
CANADIAN GANGLAND
Canada: the land of big lakes, lots of snow, friendly people—and a whole bunch of dangerous, violent gangs .
B ACKGROUND
Most people don’t think of Canada as a place where violent gangs roam the streets, but in the past two decades, the number of gangs in the country has grown exponentially. Today there are today literally thousands of them, and their turf wars and drive-by shootings make the headlines more and more often. Here’s a rundown of some of the most notorious—and dangerous—of them all.
Gang: Indian Posse (IP)
Base: Winnipeg, Manitoba
History: Indian Posse, believed to be the first “aboriginal gang” (or “First Nations” gang), was founded by a handful of disaffected teenagers in Winnipeg around 1990. IP quickly grew from a petty-theft operation into a criminal powerhouse specializing in drug trafficking, robbery, and prostitution on reservations, in cities, and inside prisons. Today it’s the largest of the many existing aboriginal gangs, with hundreds of full-fledged members and many more “associates” who can be identified by their red bandannas and “IP” tattoos. IP members are believed to be responsible for hundreds of violent crimes, including many murders, mostly of rival gang members in drug wars. Co-founder Richard Wolfe was sentenced to 19 years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder in 1996, and still maintains a leadership position from his cell.
Gang: The Galloway Boys, or G-Way
Base: Scarborough, a section of Toronto, Ontario
History: In 2000 this small but deadly gang was founded by a youth named Tyshan Riley, who, at the age of 18, became one of Scarborough’s leading gangsters. In 2002 a high-ranking G-Way associate was shot to death by members of their main rivals, the Malvern Crew, from Toronto’s nearby Malvern district. That led to a gang
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