pretty police
(UK, police, slang, historic) Male police officers disguised as gay men who instigated sexual encounters with gay men as an excuse to arrest them for soliciting sex.
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(UK, police, slang, historic) Male police officers disguised as gay men who instigated sexual encounters with gay men as an excuse to arrest them for soliciting sex.
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