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Belly Posted 18 years ago
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Tag em and bag em?

In The Transformer, I heard the policemen talked to the boy (the criminal) :" Bingo! 'Tag 'em and Bag em'. What does it mean?
  

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Belly In The Transformer, I heard the policemen talked to the boy (the criminal) :" Bingo! 'Tag 'em and Bag em'. What does it mean?

  • Belly In The Transformer, I heard the policemen talked to the boy (the criminal) :" Bingo!
  • 'Tag 'em and Bag em'.
  • What does it mean?
  • I think: tag = put an identification on the toe of the dead person bag = put the dead person in a plastic [or other material] bag for transfer to the morgue
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BellyIn The Transformer, I heard the policemen talked to the boy (the criminal) :" Bingo! 'Tag 'em and Bag em'. What does it mean?
I think:

tag = put an identification on the toe of the dead person

bag = put the dead person in a plastic [or other material] bag for transfer to the morgue
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0You are right tag'em refers to a toe tag and bag'em refers to a body bag. So tag'em and bag'em mean put a tag on them and throw them in a bag. As cold as that sounds.0-
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0A less-harsh possible reading (depends on context):02br
00tag them: mark them, identify them02br
00bag them: arrest them 0-

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