levanton
n.— «The smugglers, mostly men in their 20s, station themselves at strategic spots-along the roadway shoulders, medians and in adjoining brush-offering levantones ( “lifts,” or “rides”).…”Levanton! Levanton!” the smugglers advertise as each new group arrives alongside the edge of I-5.» —“The Lethal Path to the North Popular Alien Route Crosses, Crisscrosses Perilous Freeways” by Patrick McDonnell L.A Times Sept. 2, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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