Definitions tagged ilegal in the street dictionary.
To pull strings or use one's influence and connections to help someone get a favor or a job. (The term refers to using a lever, or palanca, as social leverage).
I am just waiting for my cousin to palanquear for me to get into that company.
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Refers to illegal gambling, specifically the underground lottery (the quiniela is a popular numbers game in Argentina, and the clandesta refers to the version run by unauthorized bookies outside of state control).
And Valestra the mouse, king of the clandesta, did not pay out on a double bet and had to skip town.
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A derogatory slang term for an illicit deal or shady business. (In Peru, it specifically refers to bribes or kickbacks given to the press or public figures to secure their support).
For a while now, those two have been involved in a mermelada that has allowed them to buy those cars.
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A bribe or payoff, usually given to a police officer or security official to avoid a fine or legal trouble.
The cop asked me for a coima so he wouldn't give me a ticket. | Traffic police always ask for a coima when they pull you over after midnight.
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A shipment or large bundle of drugs, typically cocaine.
The police seized a paka | They caught him with a paka while he was trying to cross the border.
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An adjective used with a noun, such as a business or a profession, to describe a person or place providing services illegally, without a license, or under the table.
He went to see a médico brujo. | That is a clínica bruja, do not go there.
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To score or buy drugs (derived from the word capo, meaning mob boss, which became a verb in the Dominican Republic). It is often pronounced capiar.
The cops caught him Capiando. Come with me to Capear a hundred.
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Pronounced hashla, this term is common in rap culture to describe a drug dealer or anyone making money illegally on the street. It also refers to someone who is always grinding and looking for ways to make more cash.
Look, that guy over there is the best hustla in town, if you need anything he will get it for you.
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A sarcastic nickname for the illegal human smuggling operations that take migrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico in small wooden boats called yolas. It is also jokingly referred to as traveling via AA, which stands for agua alante y agua atrás, or water in front and water behind, a pun on the airline American Airlines. (A yola is a flimsy, often overcrowded boat used for the dangerous crossing of the Mona Passage).
The most successful travel agency in the East of the country is Yolanda Tours.
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