Robocop

//ˈɹoʊ.boʊˌkɑp// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cyborg police officer.

    "1990, Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.). National Conference, Michael Gorman, Convergence: Proceedings of the Second National Conference... As the World Wars were succeeded by the Korean War, which melded into the Vietnam War, science fiction pictured numerous dystopias controlled by means of ever-watchful computer and robocops."

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"Kalman is walking like Robocop."

Etymology

From robo- + cop, after the film RoboCop (1987).

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police officer

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