weigh off en · VERB
Meanings
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(UK, slang, transitive) To sentence (a prisoner).
If he is a prisoner from one of the Higher Courts he will probably arrive some time after 5 p.m.; if he has been 'weighed off' at 'the Bailey' or London Sessions he will probably come in a police van […]
2013, Terence Morris, Pauline Morris, Pentonville: A Sociological Study of an English Prison, page 102:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| weighs off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| weighing off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| weighed off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| weighed off | Tense=Past | lexicographic |