Schupon.
In Germany, a policeman; also collective, the police force.
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holy brotherhooda1739
hermandad1772
religious police1775
state police1779
gendarmerie1792
police1798
Scotland Yard1830
guardia civil1846
RCMP1920
RUC1922
Arab Legion1923
Garda Síochána1923
Schupo1923
Mets1944
Vopo1954
maréchaussée1955
U.S.C.1963
Garda1970
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quarterman1573
lascarine1598
peon1609
sbirro1670
exempt1678
kavass1819
ghaffir1831
Texas Ranger1846
carabiniere1847
zaptieh1869
Zarp1895
flic1899
kiap1923
Schupo1923
guard1925
provincial1936
Garda1943
Vopo1954
1923 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. 9/5 In the events which are taking place in the Ruhr daily there is hardly one in which the schupos or green police are not concerned.
1934 New Republic 18 July 249/2 Similar to the Gestapo was the Schupo, the former municipal police forces of Germany.
1966 Economist 5 Nov. 568/1 Many of these former ‘schupos’ hold fairly prominent positions in the Austrian police and gendarmerie today.
1979 G. Markstein Traitor for Cause 14 As usual, two green-uniformed Schupos were at their post, the token presence..of West German authority.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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