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Definition of throw the book at

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Other terms relating to 'the law (related to)':

Definitions include: nose.
Definitions include: acronym for "this is not legal advice".
Definitions include: acronym for "I am not your lawyer".
Definitions include: the effect whereby jurors in criminal trials believe scientist expert witnesses because the expert witnesses remind them of characters in television crime dramas like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".
Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a constitutional lawyer".
Definitions include: acronym for "you are not a lawyer."
Definitions include: to retain an attorney or attorneys
Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
Definitions include: pejorative term for the formal language used in legal speech and legal documents.
Definitions include: to retain legal counsel.
Definitions include: acronym for "some other dude did it".
Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a lawyer."
Definitions include: Older slang term used to refer to one's "lawyer" or "attorney"
Definitions include: acronym for "I am a lawyer".

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'at':

Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: "at your".
Definitions include: in disagreement with.
Definitions include: acronym for "ass-to-mouth", i.e. a sex act in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio or cunnilingus.
Definitions include: extremely aggravated.
Definitions include: with heavy usage.
Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion
Definitions include: unable to tolerate any more.
Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent.
Definitions include: and the same to you.
Definitions include: to vomit outdoors.
Definitions include: to get rid of before entering a venue.
Definitions include: to be eager.
Definitions include: to measure.
Definitions include: to be aggressive towards.

Other terms relating to 'book':

Definitions include: to leave quickly.
Definitions include: to move very fast.
Definitions include: knowledge gained from reading and studying.
Definitions include: strictly following procedure.
Definitions include: a lock-up in a local police station.
Definitions include: to end.
Definitions include: manipulated accounting records.
Definitions include: to change accounting records to hide fraud or other crimes.
Definitions include: to not follow the script.
Definitions include: to prepare for school.
Definitions include: something extremely notable.
Definitions include: a paper notebook passed between peers at a school, in which they write mean things about classmates and others.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

Other terms relating to 'throw':

Definitions include: sex with a person with a loose-fitting vagina.
Definitions include: to intentionally lose a competition, usually for money.
Definitions include: to help a person in a small way.
Definitions include: to give someone something unexpected.
Definitions include: to present an idea and test the reaction.
Definitions include: to throw a tantrum.
Definitions include: to fuck a woman with a loose vagina.
Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
Definitions include: to urinate.
Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
Definitions include: to "throw elbows", i.e. to fight.
Definitions include: to get in to a fight.
Definitions include: to fight.
Definitions include: to get really drunk, wasted.
Definitions include: insane, eccentric, strange; "weird".

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