List Of Hip Hop Slang Words For The Police

Hip Hop Slang Words For The Police

Disclaimer:

I am not saying that Hip Hop invented all of these words.

Hip Hop pulls words from popular culture, religions, broken English, and other languages.

Hip Hoppers have a uniquely - all encompassing way of curating language and this list reflects that.

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Babylon

• Jamaican term for police and oppressive governments –derives from the Bible

Barney

• as in Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith Show

Boys In Blue

• refers to police uniforms typical color

Coppers

• self explanatory

Danno

• as in “Book Em’ Danno” –Hawaii Five O

Dick

• as in “private dick” – a detective

Dogs

Donut Patrol

• based on coffee and donuts stereotype

Federales

• Mexican – federal police forces

Feds

• short for federal agents

Five-O

• From Hawaii Five-O

Flatfoot

Gumshoe

• Detective

Hot boys

Jump Out Boys

• refers to police who pull on suspects in vans and jump out

Mountie

• cop on a horse

Narcs

• short for Narcotics Police

Officer Friendly

• refers to an 80’s public school initiative where police visited schools (sarcastic)

One Time

• because it only takes one strike

Overseer

• the police on a slave plantation

Pigs

Po – Lice

• self explanatory

Po Po

• self explanatory

Pork

Rent-a-cop

• security guard (aka fake cop)

Statie

• State police

The Beast

• from the Bible – in the Book of Revelations

The Brass

• high ranking officers or soldiers

The D’s

The Fuzz

The Heat

The Jake(s)

The Law(s)

• self explanatory

The Man

• because they rule over everything

Them Boys

Vics

• as in Crown Victoria – The cars that police were known to ride around in