The Wild West
Pirates
Mafia
Spies
Crime Terms
100

The Oregon, Mormon & Old Spanish were famous these via which settlers from points east reached the West

Trails

100

A story from the early 1900s says, "Undoubtedly the grimmest part of" him "was his iron claw"

Captain Hook

100

3-letter term for the head of a Mafia family

Don

100

Special type of ink spies use for secret messages

Invisible ink

100

It's the 2-word slang term for the photograph taken of a suspect in custody

Mug shot

200

This man sold his first hat to a bullwhacker for $5 & later based his popular cowboy hats on it

Stetson

200

Let's raise a glass of branded rum to this captain, a Welsh buccaneer who somehow ended up as deputy governor of Jamaica in 1674

Captain Morgan

200

Mafia boss Joe Bonanno was unimaginatively nicknamed for these fruits

Bananas

200

These spies aren't tired; they function ordinarily in a population until activated for vital reasons at any time

Sleepers (sleeper agents)

200

Slang for "money", or to steal from locations left unprotected

Loot

300

She could hit a dime tossed into the air 90 feet away from her

Annie Oakley

300

Edward Teach braided this item that gave him his nickname; we're not sure why that scared people, but it did

His beard

300

The most powerful mob boss of his day, Charles Luciano became famous--make that infamous--under this nickname

Lucky (Luciano)

300

Some credit Francis Bacon with coining this term for an agent who burrows into a rival spy agency

Mole

300

To a criminal, this slang term can mean diamonds or to kill, so be specific when taking out a contract

Ice

400

Deadwood is in South Dakota; this other fatal-sounding town notorious for Old West gunfights is in Arizona

Tombstone

400

This last name of Anne, one of the few female pirates, is a Scottish word for "pretty"

Bonny

400

This film was based on the book "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family"

Goodfellas

400

Also a word for "zero", it's a method spies use to disguise messages by shuffling letters around

Cipher

400

"Jostler" & "dip" are slang terms for this type of light-fingered thief

Pickpocket

500

In "Wild West Talk," the profession of a "sawbones" 

A doctor

500

Stede Bonnet has been described as the only pirate who actually made his victims do this, to their death

Walk the plank

500

This New Jersey strip club was a place to hang out & discuss mafia business on "The Sopranos"

Bada Bing!

500

This "mortal" term refers to the prearranged location spies use to relay information without meeting

A dead drop

500

"A little grease for a big wheel in politics" is slang for one of these

Bribe