1. To
defer payment, usually with no intention of paying; to take on
credit by force or
intimidation.
2. To give a verbal promise to pay.
3. To
swindle, especially
installment houses.
4. To handcuff. "
Me and Jimmy-run-'em-dizzy snatched the slum poke (jeweler's wallet) and cuffed the dude (fellow) to a tree."
- american underworld dictionary - 1950