Hoolivan
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.
"Of course we played our part too and it's easy to look back with rose-tinted Armani shades but there was no two ways about it; the 'glory days' were over with CCTV, hoolivans, undercover Police operations, banning orders, jail sentences […]"
Example
More examples"Of course we played our part too and it's easy to look back with rose-tinted Armani shades but there was no two ways about it; the 'glory days' were over with CCTV, hoolivans, undercover Police operations, banning orders, jail sentences […]"
Etymology
Blend of hooligan + van.
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