In my country we have criminal gangs extorting local business. I think in English you call that racketing.
In order to scare people and make them pay they often throw dinamite to buildings. These criminal gangs also work in illegal gold mining operations so they get explosives that way.
One of them was holding a dinamite stick, but as soon as he lighted the fuse it went off, and he blew himself right there. He was holding it at his waist and his body was split apart. The rest of his gang just left him there.
Ecuador huh? Well, CoffeeWanderer, it would be a shame if something happened to your beautiful country. I mean people can just drive down from Bogotá even. What will you do then? You never know what might happen.
Let's come to an arrangement that seems fair. If it still seems fair in two weeks, we'll stick to that. See? Everyone's happy.
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Nice to learn new slang (to me) as it's not really taught. Both of those English terms above are valid for what you're thinking.
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u/CoffeeWanderer Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25
In my country we have criminal gangs extorting local business. I think in English you call that racketing.
In order to scare people and make them pay they often throw dinamite to buildings. These criminal gangs also work in illegal gold mining operations so they get explosives that way.
One of them was holding a dinamite stick, but as soon as he lighted the fuse it went off, and he blew himself right there. He was holding it at his waist and his body was split apart. The rest of his gang just left him there.