Cuckooing Edit Meaning

1.

(verb) A crime where a drug dealer befriends a weak, old or otherwise vulnerable person, then takes over their home and uses it as a crack house.

"Cuckooing is a new type of crime which involves a drug dealer befriending a vulnerable individual who lives on their own.

Like a cuckoo, the dealer moves in, takes over the property, and turns it into a drugs' den."

(BBC Inside Out, March 23rd 2007)

See crack house, crackhead, scumbag, junkie, druggie, bling, chav, Andy