police one's brass

verb

To clean up spent shell casings left behind after firing a gun, usually so the casings cannot be used to identify the gun.

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Meanings

verbpolice one's brass (third-person singular simple present polices one's brass, present participle policing one's brass, simple past and past participle policed one's brass)

present singular third person polices one's brass · participle present policing one's brass · participle past policed one's brass · past policed one's brass

  1. slangTo clean up spent shell casings left behind after firing a gun, usually so the casings cannot be used to identify the gun.
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police one's brass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20one's%20brass

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“police one's brass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20one's%20brass. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “police one's brass,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20one's%20brass.

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