roust

(thing) by Pseudo_Intellectual Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:30:07
Beat slang for an arrest, a raid (used only for Bohemians.) Synonym: bust.
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(idea) by bitter_engineer Sun May 21 2000 at 3:04:21
For Iceberg Slim and his contemporaries, this was a jivespeak term for harrassment by the police. If your whores are getting rousted too often, you may want to put in a fix with the heat.
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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:46:31

Roust (roust), v. t.

To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out.

[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

 

© Webster 1913.

Roust, n. [Cf. Icel. rost an estuary.]

A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.

[Written also rost, and roost.]

Jamieson.

 

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