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noun
A police officer who is reckless, disregards practices and policies, or who practices vigilantism or uses excessive force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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History
After Dirty Harry, a fictional police detective who (in the film) tells his partner that he is called Dirty Harry because he gets all the dirty jobs.
