greedlock n.— «The Bush administration has replaced gridlock with greedlock. While most of us are standing still, victims of government greedlock, a minority of wealth-takers are going unchallenged in their sacking of wealth we all...
mugu n. a fool; (hence) a person who falls for a scam. Editorial Note: Outside of Nigeria, this term has become associated with the victims of the advance fee, 419, or money-cleaning scams. A similar term is magha. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
mugu n.— «His victims—or “mugus” as he called them in telephone intercepts with his African fellow scammers—included a Saudi Arabian sheik, a Malaysian property developer and ordinary Australians.» —“Internet con man gets...
levanton n.— «During the last 10 years, hundreds of people from Tijuana to Matamoros have been forcibly carted off by heavily armed men sometimes sporting police insignias and uniforms. They are the victims of a style of violence known in...
murderabilia n.— «He wants to use the sales as the first test case of a state law against criminals profiteering from the marketing of personal artifacts, which range from artwork to hair strands. He refers to it such memorabilia as...
deve n.— «Motorists, shop owners and commutters were subjected to varied harrowing experiences during which victims lost money, wares to youths who terrorised the area, demanding all manner of fees tagged development levy otherwise called...