| Collectors | They are not law enforcement officers but employed by corruption syndicates to collect the bribes on their behalf. |
| Field mines | Drug carriers in a drug syndicate. They were termed as such to illustrate the risk of carrying drugs with them. |
| To plant mines | To hide the drugs |
| To pay squeeze | To bribe, to pay “black money.” |
| Stage a show | Collusion between corrupt officers and drug syndicates to stage pre-arranged arrests of drug carriers to impress their supervisors. |
| Open an account | Corruption syndicates enter into an agreement with criminal rackets to collect a fixed amount of black money at regular intervals. |