food

food
 n.— «In addition, Green faces unre lated drug charges and a terroristic threats charge for allegedly telling Trenton Detective Luddie Austin he was “food,” a gang term meaning he was marked for death, Assistant Prosecutor Robert Stevens said earlier.» —“2 suspected gang members indicted on murder charges” by Linda Stein in Trenton The Times (New Jersey) Oct. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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