Definitions
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- noun South Africa, obsolete, slang A newly
deputized constable in the South African Police Services during the last days ofapartheid ; they were noted for theirzealousness and utter lack of police procedure. Their official name was special policeman.
Etymologies
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Afrikaans kits ("instant") + konstabel ("constable").
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Examples
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Rent-A-Cop scheme as it existed because it had the potential to develop into another "kitskonstabel" debacle, says national police commissioner George Fivaz.
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Last week police commissioner George Fivaz said the police could not support community projects such as the Rent-A-Cop scheme in its present form because it had the potential to develop into another kitskonstabel debacle.
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Sebothelo was then re-arrested for ³confiscating weapons from AWB members in the area² and for assaulting a kitskonstabel.
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