lick

lick
 n.— «“(Ibrahim) came to my door and asked me if I wanted to do a lick,” said Brown, who was 14 years old at the time of the murder, adding a lick is a street term for a robbery or burglary.» —“Ibrahim trial in 2002 shooting death to close today” by Adam L. Neal in Vero Beach TCPalm Sept. 1, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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