Chicken Hawk

Chicken hawk in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of chicken hawk.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Chicken Hawk

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type of hawk that is believed to prey on domestic fowl, 1802, American English. Figuratively, from the secondary senses of both words, “public person who advocates war but who declined significant opportunity to serve in uniform during wartime,” at least 1988, American English. From chicken; this term is also a noun.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• chicken hawk in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• chicken hawk in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis