accommodation collar

noun Slang.

the arrest of a person on little or no evidence merely to fill a public or political demand for police action.

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Origin of accommodation collar

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby accommodation collar

accommodate, accommodating, accommodation, accommodation address, accommodation bill, accommodation collar, accommodation ladder, accommodation line, accommodation platform, accommodation reflex, accommodation train
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