Urban Crime

noun a term used to describe the phone lines used by drug dealers to communicate and coordinate their operations

• The police are cracking down on criminal activities related to county lines drug trafficking.
• Have you heard about the new gang involved in county lines in our area?
• Watch out for those county lines dealers, they're trouble.
• The county lines of illegal activities have blurred, making it harder to track down the culprits.

noun a form of pickpocketing where the thief places an item in a person's pocket instead of taking something out

• Put-pocketing is a serious crime that involves stealing items from someone's pocket without their knowledge.
• I heard about a new form of theft called put-pocketing where thieves discreetly steal from people's pockets in crowded places.
• Watch out for put-pocketing in busy areas, they're sneaky thieves!
• The con artist was a master of put-pocketing, always finding a way to take advantage of others without them realizing it.