alibaba

alibaba
 n.— «Others who interrogate a suspect are sometimes at a loss for questions, asking simply, “Are you alibaba?” the commonly used term for the enemy.» —“War from the ground up: A day with the infantry” by Gray Beverley in Baghdad, Iraq Savannah Morning News (Ga.) July 23, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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