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ASBO en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæzbəʊ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (UK) Anti-Social Behaviour Order.
  2. (UK, informal) One who has been issued with the above legal order.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ASBOs Number=Plur lexicographic
Asbo alternative lexicographic
asbo alternative lexicographic

ASBO en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæzbəʊ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (UK, transitive) To issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Order to (someone).
    • "Shut up, both of you. I've got the police here. You'll get asboed," Sally shouted 2008, Harry James, Consequences?, page 65:
    • Yes he will probably end up in the criminal justice system in a few years time - but if we ASBO him now he's going to end up there an awful lot quicker because he will breach it. 2005, Andrew Millie, Anti-Social Behaviour Strategies: Finding a Balance, page 31:
    • The redemptive storyline reminded me of the importance, in my own practice, of continuing to learn from the understanding of others' experiences and interactions in negotiating the new penal landscape of "ASBOing", portrayed so well in Rhodes' novel. 2008, Peter Squires, ASBO Nation: The Criminalisation of Nuisance, page 151:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ASBOs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Asbo alternative lexicographic
ASBOing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
asbo alternative lexicographic
ASBOed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ASBOed Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

super ASBO · gangbo · CrASBO