• Short for Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also RCs, Gendarmes ("Jon-d'arms"), RCMPigs. Origin: Canada, Gendarmes comes from the French "Gendarmerie Royal Du Canada."

  The Mounties are coming!

  by Dan M., Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Aug 20 2002.

• the police/cops.

  Slow the whip down dog, Nab Jones is right behind us.

  by Boodro C., Montclair, CA, USA, Jun 17 1998.

• v. to tattle on someone, usually in order to gain something for oneself Origin: narcotics agents for the DEA 'narc' drug users.

  My sister narced on me to Mom because she wanted to use the car this weekend.

  by Robin, Virginia, USA, May 15 1999.

• etymology: from narcotics, used to denote an undercover police officer or agent attempting to catch someone for drug violations. Also as a verb, to "narc" on someone, or tell on them.

  that guy is a narc.

  by John C., CA, USA, Jun 20 1999.

• Origin: From the word "narcotic" which is a group of drugs. Often police act as narcs to infiltrate drug dealers, etc.

  by Mitch F., Cary, NC, USA, Dec 11 2001.

• an undercover narcotics enforcement agent (derogatory).

  by Anonymous, Frederick, MD, USA, Apr 19 2002.

• Narcotics officer

  Uh, oh, you just sold some blow to that NARC!

  by Anonymous, Mar 07 2003.

• To tell on someone, to rat someone out

  Tom just narced on me for last night, so I have to go beat him down.

  by Matt R., MA, USA, May 10 2004.

• police.

  Look out! One time is just above the hill.

  by Clay G., Valdosta, GA, USA, Mar 26 1998.

• the police, or authority.

  Hey man don't let one-time catch you.

  by Jose M., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, Jun 29 1998.

• Slang term for police. Usually shouted by itself to alert others of the police being nearby.

  ONE-TIME!

  by Big P., S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Jan 03 1999.

• The police. also, PoPo, 5-O.

  look out here comes one-time.

  by Anonymous, Mar 03 2000.

• tha police.

  One-time, One-time! dude lets get outta here.

  by Andrew U., Albuquerque, NM, USA, Jan 27 2002.

• Police. As in, I only need to tell you one time, ment to be a warning to people that the police are near or just as a title for the man. Especially standing in a crowd, or driving, or describing getting rolled up by the man. "One-time lit us up dog." I am sure it came from somewhere around Long Beach, I first herd it growning up in the streets in 1983.

  keep cool man, one-time.

  by Santiago, Long Beach, CA, USA, Feb 12 2002.

• street slang word use for police officer.

  by Casey M., Athens, GA, USA, Mar 07 2003.

• Police, Athourities.

  Hey man here come the pigs.

  by floyd t., Aug 24 1998.

• A police officer.

  Last night we got chased down by Po-9.

  by Jillian, South Carolina, USA, Jan 03 1999.

• the police or the "po-po" originated from Harlem.

  Look out the are coming.

  by Bryan, Naples, FL, USA, Feb 12 2000.

• Southern Slang for a Policeman. Po means poor. Poor Man.

  Here comes the po man.

  by Mitchell F., Meridian, MS, USA, May 02 1999.

• police officer. southeast USA, trucker slang.

  that po man's stakin us out.

  by jiMMy K., Atlanta, GA, USA, Oct 29 1999.

• The ultimate fix for anything computerized. Acronym for Power On, Power Off.

  My computer's locked up.
  
  Give it a POPO.

  by Dan M., Cedar Fort, UT, USA, Jun 02 2002.

• Street term for police.

  We all jumped in the car and took off before the PoPo arrived.

  by Vincent A., Akron, OH, USA, Feb 20 2003.

noun

• A street name for a Cop

  by Billy K., Kenai, AK, USA, Jan 31 2006.

• the police.

  The PoPo are on their way.

  by Kristen O., Feb 04 2006.

• Police.

  Po Po Po Po!

  by Haushinka D., USA, Dec 03 1998.

• police.

  Poe-Poe are out in full effect tonight.

  by Rob O'Brien, San Jose, CA, USA, Aug 18 2002.

• police

  by don m., Georgia, USA, Apr 18 2009.

• The Police.

  Looks like the rollers stopped another person speeding.

  by Phil T., Cleveland, OH, USA, Nov 08 1999.

• City Police.

  Slow down, I just saw a ro-slo!

  by Christina, Tulsa, OK, USA, May 17 2002.

• the police.

  by Jessica, Chicago, IL, USA, Sep 05 2003.

• high-ranking officers in the military.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 02 2009.

• the police. british in origin; possibly referring to police officers with no agenda, hence they hear fuzz on their radios.

  i got busted by the fuzz.

  by Audrey M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 22 1999.

• the police.

  Watch out for the fuzz.

  by John P., Manhattan, KS, USA, Sep 29 2002.

• the police.

  by Jessica, Chicago, IL, USA, Sep 05 2003.

• The cops.

  Crap, it's the fuzz!

  by Matt S., May 07 2004.

• the police

  The fuzz took me to the slamer.

  by Nathan D., Eureka Springs, AR, USA, Jul 23 2005.

• The Police

  Oh snap its the fuzz lets bounce.

  by Paul C., Jan 17 2006.

• Police.

  dammit! The Fuzz found us!

  by Kuroi H., May 02 2007.

• police

  by don m., Georgia, USA, Apr 18 2009.

noun

• the police

  The fuzz are on my tail

  by Eric L., Vestal, New York, USA, Jul 13 2004.

• the police.

  hey its the tinman roll out.

  by chris p., Reston, VA, USA, May 01 1999.