obbo

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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8
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10
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4

Definition of obbo

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, slang, uncountable)police observation
    “Thing is, victim was under obbo. He'd done time. He was a nark.”
    “If we'd known about that two or three weeks ago, had him under obbo – assuming we could afford that – we could be looking at a serious result by now.”
    “That block popping, them bodies dropping like it’s nothing, them pigs watching […] My nitties always clucking for my food, cause they love it Got a bitch, yeah she swallows, my whole strip, that’s an obbo Them jakes, yeah they follow I got light, I got choco”
    “I step out, the CCTV clocks me / Under obbo like man shots keys”
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noun

  1. (countable, slang, uncountable)police observation
    “Thing is, victim was under obbo. He'd done time. He was a nark.”
    “If we'd known about that two or three weeks ago, had him under obbo – assuming we could afford that – we could be looking at a serious result by now.”
    “That block popping, them bodies dropping like it’s nothing, them pigs watching […] My nitties always clucking for my food, cause they love it Got a bitch, yeah she swallows, my whole strip, that’s an obbo Them jakes, yeah they follow I got light, I got choco”
    “I step out, the CCTV clocks me / Under obbo like man shots keys”

verb

  1. To keep under police observation.
    “Feds on the set, trynna obbo my gang Paigons chattin', it ain't harmin' us”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Shortened from observation + -o.

Anagrams of obbo

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