burn

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)

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