The Wire

poverty

Severe lack of resources

• inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
• drug addictionCompulsive need for intoxicants
• unemploymentBeing without paid work
• educationSystematic development of mind

policing · racism · gentrification · deindustrialization · urban decay · public housing · welfare · violence

drug trade

Commerce in illegal substances

• homicideCausing another's death
• investigationFormal examination of facts
• dealersThose who sell merchandise
• stash houseIllicit goods storage location

corner boys · muscle · re-up · hoppers · package · count · kingpin · narcotics

police department

Official law enforcement body

• city hallSeat of local government
• school systemOrganized structure for teaching
• newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
• unionsCombinations or confederations

politics · bureaucracy · chain of command · statistics · dysfunction · reform · budget · hierarchy

Idris Elba

• BubblesWhimsical proper name
• seasonYearly division or series
• episodeSerialized content unit
• ensemble castMultiple principal performers equally

critically acclaimed · storytelling · character development · narrative arc · finale

row houses

Adjoining homes sharing side walls

• docksShip mooring structures
• projectsOrganized efforts toward goals
• portDocking place for ships
• stevedoresWorkers loading vessel cargo

longshoremen · police department · public schools · B&O Railroad · crab cakes · Old Bay

phone tap

Covert call interception

• listening postSurveillance facility for eavesdropping
• pagerPortable alert receiver
• burner phoneDisposable anonymous telephone
• cloneGenetically identical organism

intercept · court order · probable cause · evidence · recording · monitoring · trace · detail