party van

noun

An FBI or other law enforcement van, especially if carrying agents coming to arrest someone for cybercrime.

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Meanings

nounparty van (plural party vans)

plural party vans

  1. InternethumorousAn FBI or other law enforcement van, especially if carrying agents coming to arrest someone for cybercrime.

    Who needs the FBI party van when you can just order CALEA take out?

    2014 September 5, Sean Gallagher, “When NSA and FBI call for surveillance takeout, these companies deliver”, in Ars Technica
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    As ban puts it, "This is our razor-thin disclaimer which protects us in real-life" from what /b/tards refer to as "a ride in the FBI party van."

    2008 January 18, Julian Dibbell, “Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World”, in Wired

Origin

Attested 2006 in a comic posted on 4chan: FBI agents trick Anonymous into opening his door by claiming they are the “4chan party van”.

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APA

party van. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/party%20van

MLA

“party van.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/party%20van. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “party van,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/party%20van.

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