"pretty police" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From pretty (“effeminate”) + police. Etymology templates: {{com|en|pretty|police|t1=effeminate}} pretty (“effeminate”) + police Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pretty police (uncountable)
  1. (UK, law enforcement, slang, historical) Male police officers disguised as gay men who instigated sexual encounters with gay men as an excuse to arrest them for soliciting sex, as a form of anti-gay discrimination. Tags: UK, historical, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): LGBT, Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-pretty_police-en-noun-r3XAGyW7 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, law-enforcement

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