noun
Street Slang
jakes
· noun · uk-drill
The feds. The police.
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Definitions
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The police. Crossed over from American hip-hop (where 'jake' has meant cop since the early 20th century) into UK drill and road-rap vocab as a quick, throwaway way to name the law without saying 'feds' or '12'.
“Jakes pulled up on the corner, everyone scattered.”
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jakes In A Sentence
Jakes pulled up on the corner, everyone scattered.
Origin & Usage
Early 20th-century African-American slang for police officer; reimported via UK drill.
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