ecilop en · NOUN
Etymology
Backslang for police.
Meanings
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(rare, slang, uncountable) police
Two more patrol cars came howling into the street, dispersing the crowd. "So where's the ECILOP?"
2007, Richard De Nooy, Six Fang Marks and a Tetanus Shot, page 13:I don't want, when I go to shop, / A mix-up with the ecilop.
1964, Arnold Wall, The Jeweller's Window:
Synonyms
any plural synonym of police officer · gendarmerie · police department · 5-O · force · five-o · police force · ducks and geese · monarch · constabulary · piglice · donut patrol · Big Blue Machine · feds · police · dibble · esclop · polis · esclop · maaveh · ecilop · Bill · heat · fuzz · po-po · law · Babylon · police service · thin blue line · plod · bacon · Old Bill · filth · gardai · boydem · garda