asbo

plural asbos

1. Alternative letter-case form of ASBO.

plural ASBOs · alternative Asbo · alternative asbo

1. UKgovernmentAnti-Social Behaviour Order.
2. UKinformalOne who has been issued with the above legal order.

present singular third person ASBOs · participle present ASBOing · participle past ASBOed · past ASBOed · alternative Asbo · alternative asbo

1. UKtransitivegovernmentTo issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Order to (someone).

   "Shut up, both of you. I've got the police here. You'll get asboed," Sally shouted

   2008, Harry James, Consequences?, page 65

   2 more examples

   Yes he will probably end up in the criminal justice system in a few years time - but if we ASBO him now he's going to end up there an awful lot quicker because he will breach it.

   2005, Andrew Millie, Anti-Social Behaviour Strategies: Finding a Balance, page 31

   The redemptive storyline reminded me of the importance, in my own practice, of continuing to learn from the understanding of others' experiences and interactions in negotiating the new penal landscape of "ASBOing", portrayed so well in Rhodes' novel.

   2008, Peter Squires, ASBO Nation: The Criminalisation of Nuisance, page 151

plural Asbos

1. Alternative letter-case form of ASBO.