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Derogatory. Police officer or military police in Israel. Man, The Derogatory. Police officer or other government agent who has control, either by force or circumstance. Widely used in the United States, especially among African Americans and prisoners. Popular during the 1960s and 1970s by anti-establishment groups. [citation needed] Mata/Mata-Mata
Police officer [286] Laying on the hip smoking opium [82] lay off Smoke of opium [287] lay out 1. Defeat or overcome i.e. to lay out someone [287] 2. Knock someone out in a fight [287] 3. Kill someone [287] lead Term used for bullets e.g. Fill ya full of lead [288] lead cocktail. Main article: bullet
A police officer (also called a policeman (male) or policewoman (female), a cop, an officer, or less commonly a constable) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the rank "officer" is legally reserved for military personnel. [1]
First attested in English in the early 15th century, originally in a range of senses encompassing '(public) policy; state; public order', the word police comes from Middle French police ('public order, administration, government'), [10] in turn from Latin politia, [11] which is the romanization of the Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeia) 'citizenship, administration, civil polity'. [12]
Prospero Petrosino (Joe Petrosino's father) Maria Giuseppa Arato, Joe's mother Detective Lt. Joseph Petrosiino (left), Inspector Carey and Inspector McCafferty escorting Mafia hitman Petto the Ox (Tomaso Petto, second from left) Giuseppe Petrosino was born in Padula, a comune in the province of Salerno, in the southern Italian region of ...
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Presumed father – Where a presumption of paternity has determined that a man is a child's father regardless of if he actually is or is not the biological father Social father – where a man takes de facto responsibility for a child, such as caring for one who has been abandoned or orphaned (the child is known as a "child of the family" in ...
Jennaleah “Jenna” Hin, 17, of Henderson, Nevada, was reported missing since Dec. 30 after she reportedly left home following a family dispute