found-on

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Noun

found-on (plural found-ons)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) A person found by the police consuming alcohol on licensed premises outside opening hours
    • 2003 May 24 "8 hid in toilet during Garda pub search" The Irish Times:
      Judge Devins convicted Mr Kilkenny of after-hours trading and imposed a fine of €1,500. She also fined each of the found-ons €85 each.
    • 2005 July 27, “Morris: Gardaí 'tarnished pub prosecution by planting witness'”, in Irish Examiner‎:
      Some Co Donegal gardaí tarnished after-hours drinking prosecutions against a Raphoe publican by planting a found-on in the pub, the Morris Tribunal heard today.
    • 2017 March 2, Denise McNamara, “‘Found-ons’ leave award-winning pub fearing forced closure”, in Connacht Tribune:
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