"blind pig" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-blind pig.ogg [Australia] Forms: blind pigs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blind pig (plural blind pigs)
  1. (US, slang) A blind tiger or speakeasy. Tags: US, slang Derived forms: blind pigger
    Sense id: en-blind_pig-en-noun-der7fsZO Categories (other): American English
  2. (Southern US) A police officer who has been bribed to ignore illegal activities. Tags: Southern-US Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-blind_pig-en-noun-zAilDZdk Disambiguation of People: 6 52 41 Categories (other): Southern US English
  3. (Internet) A Web address on the Deep Web that piggybacks on a public domain but is not visible to the system. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-blind_pig-en-noun-u~VW1j1t Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 12 20 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 11 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 10 67 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 11 71

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