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humbug noun- false or trumped-up criminal charges US
- My oldy lady didn’t say nothin’ to the dude, man. He gave her a case on a humbug. — Christina and Richard Milner, Black Players, p. 302, 1972
- “Sheee-it, this is a humbug, we ain’t done nothin’,” said the procurer. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Blue Knight, p. 205, 1973
- The FBI arrested my wife on a humbug ... something about a fraud. It’s a nothing deal. — Gerald Petievich, Shakedown, p. 177, 1988
- Not surprisingly, Dennis insists that the whole murder case was a humbug, anyway. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch, p. D1, 2 December 2001
- a fight, especially between youth gangs US, 1962
- — Hermese E. Roberts, The Third Ear, 1971
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