"meat-eater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meat-eaters [plural]
Etymology: Introduced by the Knapp Commission in the 1970s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} meat-eater (plural meat-eaters)
  1. (slang) A corrupt police officer who actively seeks out opportunities to receive bribes. Tags: slang Coordinate_terms: grass-eater
    Sense id: en-meat-eater-en-noun-kVGIv6ay Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: meat-eaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meat-eater (plural meat-eaters)
  1. Alternative form of meateater. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: meateater
    Sense id: en-meat-eater-en-noun-FaInapdT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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