Another meaning of "un dedo"
Has anyone heard of this term used to mean a "hit" as in a planned murder for money? Or can it mean "snitching" to the police to implicate someone for committing a crime?
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I don't know if you all want to know the context, but I'll tell you anyway. Three weeks ago in the Zona Norte of Tijuana I was told that a person was murdered in the little store a few hours earlier by a couple of thugs, the person that was telling me the storey told me that it was probably a "dedo". I thought that he meant that to mean a hit as in a contract killing or a killing to make the statement that it's not ok to not pay a drug debt or something of that nature. Also someone said that if anyone in that area goes to the police about a crime or to impicate someone they're considered a snitch and are automatically marked to be killed. The manner in which the deed was done, multiple rounds, and the fact that it was done in broad daylight so that everyone could see made everyone say it was a "dedo" and I'd never heard that word in that context. I don't think that it's a spanglishism because in Mexican politics a similar word was used decades ago when the current president after his 6 yr term would hand pick the next president. That was called the "dedazo". I just thought that someone from Mexico would have heard of the the term.
Or can it mean "snitching" to the police to implicate someone for committing a crime?
Do you mean like the context in English where someone fingers someone. (points them out or puts their finger on a photo in a photo lineup)
ganster slang: Finger, as in put the finger on: Identify
Fig. to blame someone; to identify someone as the guilty person.
Don't point the finger at me! I didn't take the money.
The manager refused to point the finger at anyone in particular and said that everyone was sometimes guilty of being late.
Do you have the context?
Twice recently I've seen the phrase "dedos de frente", as in "con dos dedos de frente" and "con tres dedos de frente". Turns out they mean "with half a brain", i.e., the size of their forehead. I'm sure it has nothing to do with your question. Un dedo de frente would be pretty small.
