Definitions tagged mafia in the street dictionary.
A slang term used when someone is threatened with death or feels they are about to be murdered. It can also be used hyperbolically to mean that someone is in extreme trouble or 'dead meat'. (In Venezuela, this word literally means pork chop).
If I don't pay him on time, that asshole will give me chuleta. / Dude! I am going to get chuleta if I don't get there right now!
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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 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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Gang of Dominican Thieves (a derogatory backronym for the PRD, a major political party in the Dominican Republic).
'If they do not want rice, let them eat stones.' 'If they mess with me, the Dominican Republic will catch fire.'
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An insulting backronym for the PRSC political party, changing the meaning of the initials to Gang of Robbery, Looting, and Corruption instead of its official name, the Social Christian Reformist Party (the party was led for decades by the authoritarian president Joaquín Balaguer).
"The Constitution is just a piece of paper." "If Balaguer does not rule, let his portrait rule."
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A derogatory backronym for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), standing for Gang of Dominican Thieves. (The PLD is a major political party in the Dominican Republic, and this play on words is used by critics to accuse the party of systemic corruption.)
There is no food but there is a metro. It is better to pay than to kill.
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A slang command used among traffickers and hitmen to order that someone be shot or killed.
Miguele that guy.
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