catch a case
v. phr.— «“I kept telling him, ‘You’re going to catch a case,’” a prison-system euphemism for being written up for an infraction.» —“Recovery” by Nancy Martinez in Mathis Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) Jan. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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