Definition of pinchin'

pinch    

verb - transitive

• to arrest.

  I almost got pinched by the cops.

  I got pinched pulling that heist.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to arrest.

  Last edited on Jun 23 2013. Submitted by Brandon Kriner from Washington, DC, USA on Apr 15 1998.

• to steal.

                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Too many laws, too many prisoners", The Economist, Jul 22 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to steal.

  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Dawn L. from Louisville, KY, USA on Jan 01 2004.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to arrest':
nick	Definitions include: to steal.
bust	Definitions include: an event with a displeasing outcome.
roll	Definitions include: to use Ecstasy (MDMA).
pop	Definitions include: soda; soft drink.
get popped	Definitions include: to get pulled over by the cops; could also mean getting arrested.
collar	Definitions include: an arrest.
gaffle	Definitions include: to arrest.
nail	Definitions include: to have sex with.
nab	Definitions include: to arrest.
bag	Definitions include: to lie to; deceive.
b*tch	Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
Other terms relating to 'to steal':
rip off	Definitions include: to give someone a bad bargain.
roll	Definitions include: to use Ecstasy (MDMA).
Bogart	Definitions include: to steal, monopolize, or hog.
yoink	Definitions include: to steal.
snarf	Definitions include: to expel liquid (or, more rarely, food) out one's nose by laughing in the middle of a swallow.
skank	Definitions include: a dirty or promiscuous female.
scoff	Definitions include: To steal.
hoark	Definitions include: to steal.
purchase	Definitions include: to steal.
d-block	Definitions include: to steal.
hork	Definitions include: to steal.
skate	Definitions include: to leave.
five finger	Definitions include: stolen, lifted, heisted, boosted, shoplifted.
kipe	Definitions include: to steal.
take	Definitions include: to rob or extort.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'pinch':
penny pincher	Definitions include: a frugal person.
pinch a grogan	Definitions include: Expel an unusually large bowel movement.
pinch a loaf	Definitions include: to defecate.
pinched	Definitions include: under the influence of marijuana or other drugs; "stoned".
pinch hitter	Definitions include: a small pipe that holds a single hit of a smokable drug - usually marijuana.
pinch one off	Definitions include: to defecate.

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