constab

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Short for constable.

Noun[edit]

constab (plural constabs)

  1. (chiefly Caribbean) A police officer.
    • 1991, Larry Duberstein, Postcards from Pinsk:
      "I am going to the kitchen this time, Orrin. If I come back in ten minutes and you have not gone, I will simply call the police."
      Simply, no less. Could it really be simple for her to have the constabs haul him away?
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