concrete overcoat
Gangster's watery grave
A concrete overcoat is underworld slang for a method of disposing of a murder victim—encasing the body in concrete before dumping it in water to ensure it sinks and stays hidden.
The term appears more often in crime fiction and mob movies than in actual criminal practice: They threatened to fit him with a concrete overcoat if he talked to the feds.
- cement shoesMob execution method
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- mob hitOrganized crime assassination
- shoesProtective foot coverings
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
finality · permanence · forensic evidence · submersion · burial at sea · weighted down · deep six · organized crime · Hudson River · East River · murder · weightiness · anchor · mortar · immovability · umbrella · swim trunks · enduring legacy
concrete overcoatlife jacket
Wearable flotation device
rescue · reprieve · salvation · deliverance · lifeline
concrete overcoatmercy
Compassion toward offenders
protection · safeguarding · sheltering · clemency · amnesty
concrete overcoatwinter coat
Insulated cold-season outerwear
concrete, concretes, concreted, concreting, concretion, overcoat, overcoats, coat, coated