cement shoes

noun

A largely-apocryphal method of execution or dead-body disposal said to be used by the Mafia or other similar organized crime groups, wherein a block of concrete is poured around the victim's feet and allowed to set before the victim is thrown into a body of water (to drown if still alive).

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concrete shoes
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Meanings

nouncement shoes pl (plural only)
  1. euphemisticpluralplural onlycrimeA largely-apocryphal method of execution or dead-body disposal said to be used by the Mafia or other similar organized crime groups, wherein a block of concrete is poured around the victim's feet and allowed to set before the victim is thrown into a body of water (to drown if still alive).

    Synonyms: concrete shoes

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA largely-apocryphal method of execution or dead-body disposal said to be used by the Mafia or other similar organized crime groups, wherein a block of concrete is poured around the victim's feet and allowed to set before the victim is thrown into a body of water (to drown if still alive).

Similar
concrete shoes
Also see
concrete shoes
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APA

cement shoes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cement%20shoes

MLA

“cement shoes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cement%20shoes. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cement shoes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cement%20shoes.

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