Los Angeles police department; LAPD
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
foreign; abroad; overseas
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
looking slender in clothing
polar; poral (type of 'summer' fabric with large 'pores')
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
competing; competition; auction
Cynthia; Synthia; Shinshia
ventilation fan; extractor fan
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
share; portion; quota; cut
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed