obbo

plural obbos

1. countableslanguncountablepolice observation

   Thing is, victim was under obbo. He'd done time. He was a nark.

   2013, Ross Bradshaw, Crime

   3 more examples

   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.

   2017, Phil Rickman, All of a Winter's Night

   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

   2020, Richi of MaliStrip, “Trap Giddy (aka L-Tizzy)” (1:59–2:17 from the start), in Welcome To Leyton (Mixtape)

   I step out, the CCTV clocks me / Under obbo like man shots keys

   2021, “On Me”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon

   Synonyms: obs

present singular third person obbos · participle present obboing · participle past obboed · past obboed

1. To keep under police observation.

   Feds on the set, trynna obbo my gang Paigons chattin', it ain't harmin' us

   2019 September 26, Richi of MaliStrip, “Lines Banging” (2:52–2:57 from the start)