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Spanish
Noun
polizonte m (plural polizontes)
- (derogatory) cop
- Synonyms: tira, (Chile) paco, polizón
1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:En el silencio de la noche, que el miedo hacía cómplice de la justicia inquisidora, resonó el silbido del pito de un polizonte, y un caballo al galope cruzó la bocacalle. Otra vez el terrible sonido, multiplicado, se repitió en distintos- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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