An alternative origin is that the police are seen as "busybodies", i.e., they ask too many questions and meddle in the affairs of others. Not to be confused with the UK parallel to "chicks", a more modern and now more common use of "birds." Bizzies UK, said to have been coined in Merseyside, as the police were always too "busy" to help citizens who reported low-level crimes such as house burglaries.
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The Bill was the title of a television police series in the UK, based in a fictional London borough. Derived from Romani language word "beng" meaning devil or satan.
Benga Czech slang term for police officers. Beat cop inoffensive slang for patrolling officers. Referenced most widely on The Fugees' album The Score and KRS-One's Sound of da Police. This linguistic pattern results in an implied sense that individual police are all representative parts of one whole, monstrous creature with a united objective and attitude. The Beast US term used in this singular form to refer to any number of police officers, an entire police force, or police in general. Seldom derogatory very common with truckers in the US. (Update from " Jam Sandwich" of earlier cars.) Bears Slang term for the police ( citizen's band radio slang), " Smokey Bear” in reference to the Highway Patrol campaign hats. Battenburg Referring to yellow and blue, large, squared, reflective checker pattern on UK police cars refers to a type of cake. Barney Slang term, usually derogatory, for a town policeman named for Barney Fife. 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. Derogatory derived from the term "Pig/Pigs" can refer to a single officer or the police generally. The term was used as the title of the 2014 British police drama Babylon. Derived from the Rastafari movement which, in turn, regards Babylon as symbolising debauchery, corruption and evil-doing in general. B Babylon Jamaican slang for establishment systems, often applied to police. Most owners would simply get a mirror installed, but inasmuch as policemen did not want to pay out-of-pocket for one they were called "mirrorless" (aynasız). Also, the first Renaults to enter the market in Turkey had no right rear-view mirrors.
Often used by Turkish and Middle Eastern immigrants, particularly to describe police who will beat or assault them sans witnesses. Aynasız A Turkish phrase derived from word ayna, referring to 'those without a mirror', a pejorative description of police lacking honor and having too much shame to look at themselves in the mirror. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Askar/Askari A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. Anda An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Amcalar A Turkish language word meaning "uncles". A Alphabet Agency/Alphabet Soup Used in the United States to denote the multiple federal agencies that are commonly referred to by their initials such as the FBI, ATF, and DEA.