"Boubou Macoutes" meaning in French

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Proper name

Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m-p}} Boubou Macoutes m pl (plural only)
  1. the popular nickname of special inspectors who knocked on doors of suspected welfare cheats in Quebec during the second government of Premier Robert Bourassa, in the 1990s Wikipedia link: Boubou Macoutes Tags: masculine, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Boubou_Macoutes-fr-name-zgV3TQI6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French pluralia tantum

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