L.A. Confidential Glossary

by Curtis Hanson

L.A. Confidential Glossary

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Adjunct

A supplement to something

Beef

Slang for a complaint

Corroborative

something that confirms a suspicion

Damsel

A young lady who isn’t married

Elysian

Heavenly

Hardened

a person who is inured to unpleasant things

Hophead

An old-timey term for a drug addict

Indictment

a charge given to someone who is accused of a crime

QT

Secretly

Radiator

A device that emits heat

Valediction

a farewell

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