doper time

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doper time (uncountable)

(slang) The imprecise nature of scheduling drug deals, where the stated time of a transaction is often different from the actual time of it taking place.
- 2008, ATF Sierra One Waco:
  If he says he can meet at noon on Tuesday, he may come at 10:00 p.m. and doesn't even understand how anyone could be angry with him. We always referred to it as "doper time.”
- 2010, George S. Steffen, ‎Samuel M. Candelaria, Drug Interdiction:
  In the drug world, "doper time" is often used to determine timing of transactions.
- 2020, Steve Smartt, On _target:
  Of course, doper time being doper time, It would take a couple of weeks for this buy to go down.
- 2022, Robert D. Garcia, The Thin Blue Line: Undercover Operations:
  We had a saying that there was our time and there was doper time.
- 2023, Joaquin "Jack" Garcia, Making Jack Falcone:
  Remember, wiseguy time and doper time isn't military time.
Synonym of dope time
- 2016, Tom Russell, Border Games, page 83:
  Fortunately for him, she was operating on doper time and didn't wear a watch.