crimespeak

English

Etymology

From crime +‎ -speak.

Noun

crimespeak (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The jargon associated with crime and criminals.
    • 2020, Ewan Scott, Seven Shorts:
      “They say Mr Luckhart was the shooter,” the girl tells her, confident in the lingua franca of modern crimespeak, “so the cops had to take him out.”
  2. Synonym of wrongspeak.
    Coordinate term: crimethink
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