On the Southern Literary Trail discussion

Want to play a game? List any crime word following ABC order.

Abattoir

breaking (and entering)

Check kiting

Dismembering a body.

Evidence

Felonious assault

Gallivanting with floozies

Investigation

Jumping bail

kill shot

Looting

making up stories (on the witness stand)

Nervous getaway car driver

John wrote: "Gallivanting with floozies"

Wait. That's a crime now? Lol

obviously falsifying reports

Presidential pardons

quick-thinking detective

Resisting arrest

Rackateering...

Swindle

Ten to twenty stint

Unauthorized use of a vehicle

Vandalizing

Witness tampering?

Xenophobia

LeAnne wrote: "Witness tampering?"

Oh, definitely. Or intimidating a witness. Or bribing a witness. Or, uhm...obstruction of justice. KOFF. Jehosophat. How did THAT get in there? Ahem

Failure to YIELD the right of way.

Zero to 60 in a 25MPH Zone. Uhm, speeding, aggravated speeding, could even be reckless driving. Yep.

Arson

Jane wrote: "Xenophobia"

..or X-Rated Dancers (Bada-Bing)

Blackmail

consorting with known criminals

Driving while intoxicated

Extortion

Fraud with intent to deceive

Gat

Get your Noir on you.

The following was NOT said by Mae West in the 1933 film "She Done Him Wrong."

"Is that a gun [or pistol] in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

She reportedly DID say it to an LA police officer who was her escort who met her at the train station. Bada-Bing!

I don't know what to think of all you people who are familiar with these disagreeable terms. My innocent ears are burning.

High crimes and misdemeanors

Indictment

Jail break

Killing

Larceny.

Moriarty

Neglect of a child

overdosed

Protection payments

querulous witness

Repo man

suspect behavior

Treason