<<previous | index | next>> Glossaryto belt, bash to hit, beat up buai betel nut mixed with lime and mustard stick that when chewed, produces copious, bright red saliva and a mild stimulant effect to change your face to beat so badly that the face is disfigured five-kina police police who can be bribed line-up sex act involving multiple males having sex with one person, typically absent consent (see pack rape) mobile squads special police units with paramilitary training responsible for suppressing public disorder but used more broadly, known for especially violent tactics men who have sex with men term used particularly by people working in the field of HIV/AIDS to describe males who engage in sexual behavior with other males, but do not necessarily identify as gay, homosexual, or bisexual pack rape gang rape panel beating to beat from head to toe raskol popular term used to describe members of criminal gangs remand pretrial detention reserve and auxiliary police police designed to supplement regular police officers; reserve and auxiliary police receive less training and paythan regular officers snake bail a bribe task force a special police unit formed by a police station commander wantok pidgin term referring to a relative, near or distant, to whom one feels allegiance or obligation; literally, those who speak the same language wantrouble pidgin term referring to a wantok with whom one gets into trouble; member of the same band of delinquents
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