1. A
frame-up; an
arrest based upon
incriminating evidence deliberately placed on the
person or
property of
innocent or
guilty.
2. A place where
weapons,
stolen goods,
contraband, etc. are
concealed.
3. An
establishment for the
production of
illicit commodoties, as tax-evading whiskey,
counterfeit labels or
currency.
4. Any
article, as a
gun,
counterfeit money, etc., used or
placed in such a way as to
incriminate an
innocent person.
5. A
plainclothesman or
informer deliberately placed in a position to
spy upon a
suspect; a
provocateur.
6. A place of
concealement for fugitives, kidnap
victims, etc.
7. A
rendezvous of thieves, as a
drinking place,
apartment, or isolated
shack.
8. An
isolated place where gangland
murders are
committed, or where the
bodies are
concealed or otherwise
disposed of.
9. A place
marked to be
robbed.
- american underworld dictionary - 1950