cement shoes

cement shoes pl (plural only)

1. (crime, euphemistic) A largely-apocryphal method of execution or dead-body disposal said to be used by the Mafia or other similar organized crime groups, wherein a block of concrete is poured around the victim's feet and allowed to set before the victim is thrown into a body of water (to drown if still alive).

• concrete shoes

• concrete overcoat, Chicago overcoat