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books
noun- used as a figurative description of membership in a criminal organisation US
- — American Speech, p. 305, December 1964: “Lingua cosa nostra”
- The bosses are sitting on millions and they say, you no do-a this, you no do-a that–meanwhile they close the books and the soldiers have to drive trucks on the side to live. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 41, 1975
- “When they open the books, they won’t put you up. Don’t you want to be a wiseguy?” — Joseph Pistone, Donnie Brasco, p. 298, 1987
- employment documents that are returned to a dismissed worker UK: SCOTLAND
- [T]o get your books means to get the sack. — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, 1988
▶ do books
to steal or forge official benefit books, such as child benefit UK- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 46, 1996
▶ in your bad books
in disfavour UK, 1861- I was in her bad books for a longer time than ever. — Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March, p. 31, 1953
▶ in your good books
in favour UK, 1839- After paying more than 50 times the face value of each ticket, he said: “I don’t care if she is mad for Vin Diesel, these put me in her good books for life.” — The Scotsman, 7 November 2003
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