Meaning of Bolo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
2. A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
3. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
4. A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
   US
5. A barangay of Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.
6. Clipping of Bolshevik.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
7. A broadcast issued from a law enforcement agency to others, typically containing information about a wanted suspect, a person of interest, or a related vehicle.
   US, abbreviation, acronym
8. A type of punch; an uppercut.
   attributive

Equivalents

Examples

“He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch.”

“William Davis Jr. admitted he had been drinking and driving, but he said he shouldn’t have been caught. Even though police had issued a BOLO or “be on the lookout” for his car and an officer testified Davis made several traffic violations, he said there wasn’t enough probable cause for the initial traffic stop that turned into a DUI. […] Davis said he should not have been stopped because the BOLO for his car was not checked out before he was pulled over, but Justice Cornelia Clark pointed out that shouldn’t matter.”

“Police had issue[d] a BOLO alert for Brown and the children when he suddenly arrived in the emergency room of Central Florida Regional Hospital, looking for his wife.”

“Freeman was able to locate the male and recognized him from a BOLO.”

“[G]round strafing, however, was as exciting as in France, particularly when it was carried out dozens of miles behind the Bolo lines.”

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