The lexicon

20 null terms

A hanged
Noun.
The way we call someone that hangs himself to die.
Example: We found a hanged body this morning.
en: Un pendu
B-block
Phrase
Is the cells for inmates who need a high-level of protection in jail.
Example: This guy will be place in B-block because of is crime against his kids and his wife.
en: Les cellules de protection
Blow the whistle
Phrase
To report a crime to the police.
Example: Last night, I saw the same old man around the school, he was selling drugs to a young man I knew it was time to blow the whistle.
en: Dénoncer un crime a la police.
Cat burglar
Phrase
A burglar who cans secretly enters people’s homes.
Example: That guy is a real cat burglar, he can break in every house without getting caught.
en: un voleur qui entre secrètement dans les maisons des gens.
Convicts
Verb.
The moment the judge declare a person guilty of a crime.
Example: They convicted him for a few years.
en: Condamnées
Custody
Noun.
The protective care of someone.
Example: His brother he is now in custody.
en: Garde
Dead lock
Noun.
The moment when all the inmates are lock in their cells for punishment of something wrong they did.
Example: The jail is in dead lock because they found some weapons.
en: Confinement des détenus.
Ding-wing
Phrase
It's the psychiatric unit in jail.
Example: That guy belongs in the ding-wing.
en: L'aile psychiatrique de la prison.
Felony Murder
Phrase
It's a murder that happens during another crime.
Example: John got arrest for a felony murder, he was drunk driving when he hit a man and this poor man die.
en: Homicide suite a un autre crime.
Manslaughter
Noun.
It's the crime of killing someone unintentionally.
Example: He is condemned to 15 years in prison for manslaughter.
en: Homicide involontaire
Matricide
Noun.
Is when someone kills his own mother.
Example: He got arrest for a matricide.
en: Le meurtre d'une mère par son enfant.
Psychosis
Noun.
It's a mental disorder, and they lost contact with the reality
Example: The guy in the cells number 6 is in a psychosis.
en: Psychose
Segregation units
Phrase
Is a cell where you are lock in 23 hours a day.
Example: He beat the new prisoner, so we bring him in segregation cells for 3 days.
en: Unités d'isolement
Seize
My word is a verb
The right definition for my word is to seize an illegal object in a cell.
Example: Today we seize two black phones.
en: Saisir
sharp practice
Phrase
Making fraud.
Example: He knows how to do a sharp practice he never gets caught.
en: faire de la fraude.
Slaying
Verb.
It's to kill someone in a violent way.
Example: They went slaying him with a knife.
en: Tuer
Stool pigeon
Phrase
An inmate who gives information to the correctional officer.
Example: The inmate in the cells number 6 is a stool pigeon.
en: un informateur
Take the rap for something
Phrase
Take the blame for something you didn't commit.
Example: Jeff did take the rap for his son.
en: Prendre la responsabilité d'un acte que tu n'a pas commis.
To get caught with red-handed.
Phrase
Get caught doing a crime or something bad.
Example: I got caught with red-handed last night while I was selling drugs.
en: Se faire prendre en fragrant délit
White-collar crime
Phrase
Is when a financial crime is committed by a high-ranking person of government.
Example: The white-collar crime is not punished enough by the law.
en: Criminalité de personne haute placée( col blanc)