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Verbi

  1. (idiomatic) To drink a beverage.
  2. (idiomatic, gangster slang) To take one's share from the financial proceeds of illicit activity.

Esimerkit

  • Rinaldo . . . is represented as a gluttonous feeder, and rather disposed to quarrel over his meat; liking also to ‘wet his beak’ in generous liquor.
  • Then, very softly, she says, "I'll stick the kettle on so we can wet our beaks."
  • “Yo, it's gonna be a few minutes before the acts go on so let's hit the VIP and wet our beaks a li'l bit,” Gotti screamed in Tone's ear over the music.
  • "Giorgio," the Don said, ". . . our Family will now serve only as financial advisors to all the other Families. . . . [W]e must protect everyone's money, for which they will let us wet our beaks."
  • [I]nvestigators who track organized crime believe that some members have geared up to take advantage of the swift and enormous cash influx . . . looking, as the old Sicilian expression goes, to wet their beaks.
  • "See, the thing about the mob, everybody had to wet his beak. . . . I was supposed to give them a piece of my hard work."

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