shivving
Improvised blade attack
Shivving is stabbing someone with a shiv—a crude, improvised blade typically fashioned in prison from available materials like sharpened plastic or metal.
The word carries the desperate, violent associations of incarceration: He got shivved in the yard over a gambling debt.
Figuratively, shivving can mean betraying or blindsiding someone: She shivved him politically right before the vote.
Lower leg segment
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- toothbrushBristled oral cleaning implement
- razorBlade for removing hair
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
contraband · pointed · sharpened · concealed · plastic · metal · improvised · homemade
Confined facility resident
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- convictJailed offender after trial
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
solitary · incarceration · penitentiary · jailhouse · gangs · correctional · detainee · custody
Pierce with point
- thrustForceful forward motion
- punctureHole from penetration
- slashAngled line or swipe
- woundCoiled, or an injury
pierce · jab · lacerate · gash · ambush · assault · blindside · retaliation
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- menaceSource of potential harm
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- warningAlert about danger
aggression · hostility · fear · danger · extortion · protection · enforcer · message
shank
Lower leg segment
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- toothbrushBristled oral cleaning implement
- razorBlade for removing hair
makeshift · contraband · pointed · sharpened · concealed · plastic · metal · improvised · homemade · filed
inmate
Confined facility resident
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- convictJailed offender after trial
warden · solitary · incarceration · penitentiary · jailhouse · gangs · correctional · detainee · custody · felon
stab
Pierce with point
wound · pierce · jab · lacerate · gash · ambush · assault · blindside · retaliation · hit
intimidation
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- menaceSource of potential harm
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
warning · aggression · hostility · fear · danger · extortion · protection · enforcer · message · territory
makeshift
Temporary, improvised substitute
whittle · sharpen · file · modify · repurpose · construct · assemble · carve · shape
shivvingshooting
Discharging a weapon
surgical strike · clean kill · sniping · execution · poisoning