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meat-eater

meat-eater noun: a corrupt police officer who actively seeks out opportunities to receive bribes. Also the alternative form of meateater.

Noun

meat-eater (plural meat-eaters)

  1. (slang) A corrupt police officer who actively seeks out opportunities to receive bribes.

Also used as

meat-eater is also the alternative form of meateater.

Forms of meat-eater

pluralmeat-eaters

Origin of meat-eater

Introduced by the Knapp Commission in the 1970s.

Questions about meat-eater

What does meat-eater mean?
Meat-eater means a corrupt police officer who actively seeks out opportunities to receive bribes.
What part of speech is meat-eater?
Meat-eater is a noun.
What is the plural of meat-eater?
The plural of meat-eater is meat-eaters.

Words near meat-eater in the dictionary

  1. meat wagons
  2. meat wool
  3. meat-and-potatoes
  4. meat-chopper
  5. meat-choppers
  6. meat-eater
  7. meat-eaters
  8. meat-eating
  9. meat-fork
  10. meat-forks
  11. meat-pie

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