hoolivan

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of hooligan +‎ van

Noun

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hoolivan (plural hoolivans)

  1. A police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.
    • 2014, Jason Allday, Junior, page 149:
      Of course we played our part too and it's easy to look back with rose-tinted Armani shades but there was no two ways about it; the 'glory days' were over with CCTV, hoolivans, undercover Police operations, banning orders, jail sentences []