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Derogatory; derived from the term "Pig/Pigs"; can refer to a single officer or the police generally. [3] Bagieta. Polish slang term for police officer, that is: baguette and it is reference to police baton. BAC. French slang for police officer; acronym of the Brigade anti-criminalité in France. Barney.
The blue wall of silence, [ 1 ] also blue code[ 2 ] and blue shield, [ 3 ] are terms used to denote an informal code of silence among police officers in the United States not to report on a colleague 's errors, misconducts, or crimes, especially as related to police brutality in the United States. [ 4 ] If questioned about an incident of ...
e. " Driving while black " (DWB) is a sardonic description of racial profiling of African-American motor vehicle drivers. It implies that a motorist may be stopped by a police officer largely because of racial bias rather than any apparent violation of traffic law. [1][2] It is a word play of driving while intoxicated.
Police code. A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include "10 codes" (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes, or ...
List of police-related slang terms. From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. Redirects from moves.
Prison slang is an argot used primarily by criminals and detainees in correctional institutions. It is a form of anti-language. [1] Many of the terms deal with criminal behavior, incarcerated life, legal cases, street life, and different types of inmates. Prison slang varies depending on institution, region, and country. [2]
The following is a list of slang terms used to refer to federal agents, which are used by the public, members of organized crime, anti-establishment political groups or individuals, and occasionally other federal employees. This list does not encompass slang terms used to refer to local police departments, nor those that denote the agencies ...
The following is a list of slang that is used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z), generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world. Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. [1] [2] Ease of communication with the Internet facilitated the rapid proliferation of Gen Z slang. [2] [3] [4]