hoolivann.
/ˈhuːlɪvan/ A popular name for a type of police van carrying photographic and video equipment for observing crowd behaviour and identifying trouble-makers at football matches and other events.
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1985 Daily Tel. 9 May 3/6 The ‘hoolivan’ designed to detect trouble-makers in football crowds, was unveiled at the Chelsea-Luton match at Stamford Bridge last night.
1985 Sunday Times 11 Aug. 5/4 Development of the Hoolivan began in 1983 and a Mark 1 model was quietly undergoing trials at the end of last season.
1986 Times 15 Jan. 12/4 The Home Office has three public order surveillance vehicles nicknamed ‘hoolivans’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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