pretty police

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Meaning · English

Male police officers disguised as gay men who instigated sexual encounters with gay men as an excuse to arrest them for soliciting sex.

Register: slang

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “pretty police” mean?

Male police officers disguised as gay men who instigated sexual encounters with gay men as an excuse to arrest them for soliciting sex.

Is “pretty police” formal or informal?

pretty police is generally slang.