mark

mark
   1. obsolete Scottish
   an invulnerablespot on the body of a wizard or witch
   It played an important role when it came to unmasking them:
    ... through which mark, when a large brass pin was thrust till it was bowed, both men and women, neither felt a pain, nor did it bleed. (Ritchie, 1883)
   2. a swindler's victim
   First watched, or marked, for his suitability. He who walked penniless in Mark Lane had been swindled, although not necessarily in that London street.
   3. American
   to injure in custody with bruising or contusions
   Police jargon, where it was desirable that evidence of the maltreatment of a suspect in questioning should not be apparent to others:
    You told me not to mark him. (Macdonald, 1952 — a jailer was talking of a prisoner who had been assaulted)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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