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crimespeak

crimespeak noun: the jargon associated with crime and criminals.

Noun

crimespeak (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The jargon associated with crime and criminals.
    • “They say Mr Luckhart was the shooter,” the girl tells her, confident in the lingua franca of modern crimespeak, “so the cops had to take him out.”2020, Ewan Scott, Seven Shorts
  2. Synonym of wrongspeak.
    Synonyms:
    wrongspeak

Synonyms of crimespeak

Origin of crimespeak

From crime + -speak.

Questions about crimespeak

What does crimespeak mean?
Crimespeak means the jargon associated with crime and criminals.
What part of speech is crimespeak?
Crimespeak is a noun.

Words near crimespeak in the dictionary

  1. crimes against nature
  2. crimes of passion
  3. crimes passionnels
  4. crimescape
  5. crimescapes
  6. crimespeak
  7. crimestopper
  8. crimestoppers
  9. crimethink
  10. crimethinking
  11. crimethinks

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