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Palabras Policiacas o Detectivescas

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Pongan sus palabras policiacas o detectivescas aqui. Sería mejor se las emplearan en una oración.

Put your police or detective words here. It would be better if you could use them in a sentence.

Post your sentences in Spanish and English, then vote for the ones you like.

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updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by 002262dd
Great thread. - jeezzle, Mar 1, 2010
¡buen idea! - Yeser007, Mar 1, 2010

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Se alcanzó en la abertura de lado de su falda y apretó el pistolete fuera de su liga. She reached inside the slit on the side of her skirt and pulled the pocket pistol from her garter.

updated Mar 1, 2010
edited by nizhoni1
posted by nizhoni1
La abertura del lado... - LuisaGomezBartle, Mar 1, 2010
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La chota = the cops (slang)

¡Escónde la mota y el polvo, guey! Ya llegó la chota!

Hide the weed and the coke, dude! The cops are here!

updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by alba3
What country does that slang come from? - 002262dd, Mar 1, 2010
I've heard Mexicans say it. I don't know where else. see http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chota - alba3, Mar 1, 2010
Wait..... you've actually heard people saying this? I'd love to hear that story! jejeje - Goyo, Mar 1, 2010
ja, Goyo, fortunately, I haven't heard these exact sentences but I've definitely heard "la chota". - alba3, Mar 1, 2010
Yea "mota" is the word for grass/weed. - Daniel, Mar 1, 2010
Definitely is Mexican slang. - Shrek, Mar 1, 2010
Check thread "Medical Emergencies (Poisoning)" for more slang for different drugs if you need to know, Joe. - alba3, Mar 1, 2010
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Sospecho; motivo; coratada

Tenemos sospechos en todos partes, todos con un motivo y todos con coratadas -- ¡qué lío!: cualquier de estos jefes de nudillos podría haber matado el mayordomo.


Suspect; motive; alibi

We have suspects everywhere, all with a motive and all with alibis -- what a mess!: any one of these knuckle-heads could have killed the butler.

updated Mar 1, 2010
edited by Daniel
posted by Daniel
Coartada. Todas partes. Cualquiera. Al mayordomo. - LuisaGomezBartle, Mar 1, 2010
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La pista = the clue.

¿Donde encontraron la primera pista? Where did they find the first clue?

updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by jeezzle
Dónde... - LuisaGomezBartle, Mar 1, 2010
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Encontraron la primera pista en el monasterio en el cuarto donde rezan los monjes. They found the first clue in the monastery, in the room where the monks pray.

updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by Lucrecia
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Debido a la evidencia circunstancial de que el jurado lo declaró inocente. Due to circumstantial evidence, the jury found him innocent.

updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by Yeser007
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Si no hay algun poli en la tienda de tienda de buñuelo, no tengo ni noción donde se pueda hallar.

If there's not a cop in the doughnut shop, I have no idea where to find one.

updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by Goyo
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las esposas = handcuffs

Cuándo lo arestaron le pusieron unas esposas.

When they arrested him they put handcuffs on him.

updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by alba3
I just learned something: "esposar" means "to handcuff" - alba3, Mar 1, 2010
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Piensen ustedes tambien en las herramientas policiacas, por ejemplo

A veces llevo una chaleca anti-balas!

Think of police tools also, for example,

Sometimes I wear a bulletproof vest.

updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by 002262dd
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Sospecho ciruela profesor, en el estudio, con el cuchillo.

updated Mar 1, 2010
posted by cheeseisyummy
No,no,no, Colonel Mustard en la cocina. - Yeser007, Mar 1, 2010
jaja - hlsbookworm, Mar 1, 2010