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“ This is an anti-police slang/acronym for ‘All Cops Are Bastards.’ It originated in the UK in the 1920s. It’s sometimes represented by the number ‘1312,’ referring to the numeric position of each letter. ”
“This is one of the organized crime groups in Italy. In the United States, we speak of ‘the mafia’ to refer to organized crime, but this is very general term for a branch of organized crime in this country. The ‘American Mafia’ has its roots in a crime organization in historical Sicily. In…”
“ Apparently the Latin word for prison is ‘carcer.’ This is where we get the word ‘incarcerated.’ ”
“ This refers to ‘banditry’ or ‘theft,’ mainly in Asia. It’s an anglicized form of the Hindi word meaning ‘armed robbery.’ ‘Dacoit’ is the noun form. ”
“More specifically, this is a term often used for the killing of Jesus Christ. It can be used as a antisemitic pejorative. From an article entitled ‘ The origins of anti-Semitism ’: Some important thinkers in early Christianity offered a dangerous allegation: that Judean Jews had handed Christ over…”
“A ‘lynching,’ or ‘to lynch someone,’ is an illegal killing by a group. So when a mob executes someone, that’s called a lynching, regardless of the method. We often associate lynching with hanging, as that’s very common, but it’s not required. It’s also not technically required to be related to…”