byling

Uncertain, possibly derived from bygel (“shackle”).

• IPA^(key): /²byːlɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -²yːlɪŋ

byling c

1. (colloquial, somewhat derogatory, dated) police
   • 1916, Martin Koch, Guds vackra värld‎, archived from the original on 16 October 2021:

     Ute på gatan skreko pojkarna, att bylingen tagit Frasse Hjelm – då först begrep han, att det var två poliser, som förde honom bort.

     Out on the street, the boys shouted that the police had taken Frasse Hjelm – and in that moment he understood that two policemen were escorting him away.

• Typically used collectively in its singular definite form bylingen.

• byling in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• byling in Svensk ordbok (SO)