burn
v.— «“He said, ‘I burned the cracker that took my money,’” Blanding said. “That’s the street term for when you shoot somebody, you burn somebody.» —“Witnesses refuse to testify in murder trial” by Carolyn Quinn in Punta Gorda Sun Herald (Florida) Jan. 16, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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Colette Hiller’s Colossal Words for Kids: 75 Tremendous Words: Neatly Defined to Stick in the Mind (Bookshop|Amazon) uses clever rhymes to help children learn big, fun-to-say words like magnanimous, discombobulated, and acquiesce. This...