down-and-out (from vagrant) YAP

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blackmail practised on a man who is lured by a woman into a compromising situation and then threatened by her male accomplice BANG-TAIL, PONY

gun [usually pistol or revolver) BEEF

dollars BIG HOUSE, CABOOSE, CAN, COOLER, HOOSEGOW, PEN, STIR

death BIRD

to kill BOOB

psychiatric hospital or jail BOOZE HOUND, JUICER, LUSH, SOUSE

to punch or hit BRACE

handcuffs BREEZE, DANGLE, DRIFT, DUST, DUST OUT, FADE, 60 TO READ AND WRITE, SCOOT, TAKE A POWDER, TAKE THE AIR