five-oh
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The police. The term comes from the TV show Hawaii Five-0, about police officers in Hawaii, the fiftieth (50th) state. The five-oh are closing in on us—how are we going to avoid being arrested? Don't you hear those sirens? We've gotta hide from the five-oh! Eh, the five-oh just brought me in for questioning because of my record. I had nothing to do with this robbery, though.
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5-O
verbSee five-oh
five-oh
and 5-O n. the police. (From a television program, Hawaii Five-O.) If you hit me again, I’ll call the five-oh!
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