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slaughter noun a concealed location used by criminals for the division or transfer of recently stolen goods UK, 1970- Superintendent Kneff lost his temper. “If we can’t catch ’em, we must find the slaughter,” he decreed. — Jeffrey Scott, Wheelman for the Cleaners in John Creasey’s Crime Collection, 1977
- [We] tucked away the next night’s takings in a little lock-up we used as a slaughter[.] — Lenny McLean, The Guv’nor, p. 52, 1998
- This breaker’s yard was supposed to be their slaughter. — Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers, p. 116, 2001
- Do business this way first, next time you come to my slaughter. — Garry Bushell, The Face, p. 12, 2001
- [I]f we lay our hands on a good load being divvied up at a slaughter, it’ll be a nice little earner for you. — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 116, 2002
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