ecilop

English

Etymology

Backslang for police, perhaps as seen reversed in a vehicle's wing mirror.

Noun

ecilop (uncountable)

  1. (slang, rare) police
    Synonyms: esclop; see also Thesaurus:police
    • 1964, Arnold Wall, The Jeweller's Window:
      I don't want, when I go to shop, / A mix-up with the ecilop.
    • 2007, Richard De Nooy, Six Fang Marks and a Tetanus Shot, page 13:
      Two more patrol cars came howling into the street, dispersing the crowd. "So where's the ECILOP?"
  • namecilop

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