throw down

throw down
 n.— «According to the indictments, the cops lied, used excessive force and planted evidence—so-called “throw-down guns”— at crime scenes,» —“Federal prosecutors charge that rogue cops called the Jump Out Boys rode roughshod over Miami” by Bill Hewitt, Siobhan Morrissey, Steve Ellman, Kristin Harmel in Miami, Fla. People Magazine May 6, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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