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cowboy
(kow boy) n. Offensive slang. Used as a disparaging term for suburban, small-town police officers and/or state troopers. Used to describe the brazen, outlandish, overzealous, and obnoxious behavior of these police officers that were usually appointed to these positions politically -further linking the term to the corrupt political practices and corrupt lawmen to the term. First used by the New York City Police Department when describing their New Jersey counterparts.