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aide-de-camp	lower ranked military officer	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
air commodore	RAF officer	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
all systems go	Everything is ready.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
area of influence	A geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations by maneuver or fire support systems normally under the commander's command or control.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
atom bomb	nuclear weapon	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bean counter	A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
belt and suspenders	Redundant systems, affording mutual backup in the event of one failing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
billy goat, billy club, hill billy, billy boy	Male goat Thug's weapon Slang for foot hills person Traditional folk song	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
black and white	The police, a police officer.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
brickbat	A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bring down	To make something flying fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
bring to bear	To aim a weapon at a target.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bust a cap	To fire a weapon; to shoot with a gun.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
call the police	Use a telephone to request the arrival of a police officer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cet officier est de semaine	He is officer of the week.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
common ground	A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
common law	One of two legal systems in England and in the United States before 1938 (the other being equity).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dirty cop	A police officer or prison guard who is corrupt or unethical.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
double tap	A tactical shooting technique of pulling the trigger of a weapon twice in quick succession to deliver two shots to the same target zone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fire in anger	To fire a weapon with the intent of causing damage or harm to an opponent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
first among equals	In the British and other parliamentary systems, a term used to describe the relationship of the prime minister to the other members of the cabinet.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
group captain	raf officer	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hand down	To forward to the proper officer .	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hold your fire	Do not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
iron eagle	An American military officer who has attained the rank of colonel but will not be promoted to the rank of general.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
life's molecular dance	The phrase "life's molecular dance" refers to the dynamic and coordinated interactions between molecules within living organisms. It signifies the intricate and harmonious movements of various biomolecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites, as they carry out essential functions in cellular processes. This metaphor highlights the complexity and beauty of these molecular interactions, which are crucial for sustaining life and maintaining the delicate balance within biological systems.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
load up	to fully load (a weapon)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
major	army term, a senior officer, also can be used in college, I.e I majored in maths	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make for	????, translator unknown, author Galileo Galilei, Two Chief World Systems.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mettre un officier aux arrêts	To put an officer under arrest.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
no comment	An "official" refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
noarch	Short for "no architecture". It is a term used mainly in package management systems to mark packages which are architecture independent. Such packages usually contain graphics, documentation or similar data that can be used on any architecture.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Officer Friendly	A police officer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
one country, two systems	Slogan for the reunification of China as one country, but with areas like Hong Kong and Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
police beat	A small police station, with a limited range of facilities, located in an officer's residence or in a shopping centre.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Russian roulette	A deadly game in which a person loads a single bullet in the cylinder of a revolver, spins the cylinder so that the location of the bullet is unknown, points the weapon at his/her head, and pulls the trigger. In its most lethal form, played by multiple participants each of whom takes a turn until the weapon discharges.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
socialized medicine	A politically charged term used to contrast such systems with free market alternatives and emphasize the perceived link to socialism.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
take aim	To position oneself and/or one's weapon so as to be aimed specifically at a chosen mark or target (which is indicated after 'at')	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
tool up	To arm oneself with a weapon, especially a gun.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
where away	A query uttered by the officer of the deck as to the direction of an object sighted by the lookout.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wooden-top	A uniformed police officer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
一國兩制	"One Country, Two Systems"	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)