blue light bandit

noun

A criminal who impersonates a police officer by equipping a personal vehicle with blue emergency lights to mimic a patrol car, often to pull over a victim in order to commit a robbery or an assault.

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Meanings

nounblue light bandit (plural blue light bandits)

plural blue light bandits

  1. criminologyA criminal who impersonates a police officer by equipping a personal vehicle with blue emergency lights to mimic a patrol car, often to pull over a victim in order to commit a robbery or an assault.
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