Definitions tagged delito in the street dictionary.
Organized criminal gangs that hijack cargo trucks on highways to steal merchandise and sell it on the black market. (Because Argentina relies heavily on road transport for logistics, these specialized hijacking groups are a prominent part of the criminal landscape).
piratas del asfalto rob an armored truck.
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To shake someone down or extort them. It describes a public official who uses their authority to force someone to pay a bribe or provide a favor. It is also used in schools when older students pressure others for money or items. Unlike a standard bribe, the official is the one demanding the payment. (In Venezuela, this is frequently associated with police or military shakedowns at highway checkpoints).
What a pain, we have to cross the border and they are going to matraquear us. / Dude, did you notice the eleventh graders are a bunch of matraqueros?
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Used to describe an underage girl who pursues adult men, implying she is jailbait because of the potential legal trouble (a fiscal is a prosecutor).
No, little girl, you huele a fiscal, I am not falling into that trap.
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A state of systemic corruption where everyone is snatching whatever they can. Since everyone is involved in the looting, nobody has the moral authority to point fingers at others. It is similar to a chaotic free-for-all (the term comes from the verb coger, meaning to grab or take).
The Dominican Republic.
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