1. An
agreement, secured through
bribery, chicanery, intimidation, whereby a
criminal indictment is quashed,or the
severeity of a
sentence or of a
charge lessened. "
The fix is in. Don't take no plea (plead guilty to a lesser offence). The worst you'll score for (get) is a draw (suspended sentence)."
2. Any arrangement by which
laws,
rules, or
regulations are
circumvented; or by which
penalties are
evaded; the alzo. "
Mickey Mouse from uptown and his mob got a license (police permission) to hustle (steal) on the cannon (picking pockets) here. The fix is in solid."
- american underworld dictionary - 1950