Tag

#police

85 words tagged “police”

bobby
noun

A British police officer.

#police#uk#british#historical
Bear trap
noun

A speed-radar trap set up by the cops.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#radar
placa
noun

Police; also a graffiti tag/nickname (Caló)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#chicano
brady cops
noun

Officers flagged as having credibility issues that prosecutors must disclose to the defence.

#police#legal#law enforcement#courts
DRT
abbreviation

Dead Right There — the patient is gone before you even unbuckle the gurney.

#ems#police#fire#medical
10-4
interjection

Acknowledged. Got it. Message received.

#trucker#cb-radio#ten-code#police
Gumball machine
noun

Cop car — named for the spinning dome lights on top.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#slang
booze bus
noun

Police vehicle for random breath testing.

#australian#aussie#driving#police
Smokey
noun

A state trooper, named for the hat that looks like Smokey Bear's.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#americana
Local yokel
phrase

A small-town or city cop.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#municipal
matrixed
adjective

Logged on the Met Police's gang database.

#uk-drill#london#police#surveillance
in the bag
phrase

NYPD slang for a uniformed patrol cop, as opposed to a detective in plainclothes.

#police#nypd#law enforcement#new york
Bear with ears
phrase

A cop who's listening to the CB channel.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#surveillance
old bill
noun, phrase

London slang for the police.

#police#uk#london#cockney
hobby bobby
noun

A UK Special Constable — volunteer with full powers but no pay.

#police#uk#special-constable#volunteer
perp
noun

A perpetrator — the suspect tied to a crime.

#police#law-enforcement#us#procedural
the dibble
noun

The police — specifically Greater Manchester's finest.

#mancunian#manchester#police#british
the fuzz
noun, phrase

The police.

#police#us#60s#counterculture
copper
noun

A police officer.

#australian#aussie#people#police
Full-grown bear
phrase

A state trooper — the apex predator of the highway.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#state-trooper
divvy van
noun

A police van for transporting people in custody.

#australian#aussie#police#vehicles
blue flu
noun

Mass police sick-out used as a back-door strike.

#police#labour#strike#us
the filth
noun, phrase

Pejorative slang for the police.

#police#uk#australia#pejorative
Mama bear
noun

A female police officer.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#gender
dick
noun

A detective.

#prison#criminal#police#detective
Plain wrapper
noun

An unmarked police car.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#unmarked
rozzers
noun

UK slang for the police.

#police#uk#british#victorian
pinched
adjective

Arrested; caught by the police.

#prison#criminal#arrest#police
Esclop
noun

Cockney back-slang for 'police' — 'police' spoken roughly backwards so the law wouldn't twig.

#cockney#back-slang#british#uk
shamus
noun

A private detective (or a police detective).

#prison#criminal#detective#police
snowdrop
noun

RAF Police, named for their white-topped service caps.

#military#raf#police#british
la jura
phrase

Caló for the cops — the law on your block.

#la#calo#chicano#police
jam sandwich
noun

UK traffic patrol car with a red stripe down a white body.

#police#uk#traffic#livery
Wall paper
noun

A traffic ticket — useless paper to frame on your wall.

#trucker#cb-radio#ticket#police
Keuf
noun

Verlan for 'flic' (cop) — the standard banlieue word for a police officer.

#verlan#french#argot#slang-terms
new jack
noun

A rookie — fresh out of the academy with no time on the street.

#police#rookie#slang#new york
Evel Knievel
noun

A motorcycle cop.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#motorcycle
gumshoe
noun

A detective.

#police#detective#us#noir
paddy wagon
noun, phrase

A police van for hauling arrestees.

#police#us#transport#historical
ghetto bird
noun

Police helicopter circling a neighbourhood with spotlight and rotors.

#police#law enforcement#slang#hip hop