'Those bloody lids'; attempted derogatory CE. Local Yokel Reference to city or town police forces, almost solely used in conjunction with "County Mountie". Mildly derogatory. Lodówa a Polish slang term for a police van, literally "fridge"; refers to the large size and boxy shape of police vans. M Mabando Term used to imply the presence of law-enforcement officers in a particular area. Most commonly used by the Dominican and Puerto Rican communities of Philadelphia. Maatia kukura literally meaning kakhi dog, is a derogatory term for police in Odisha. Maama Hindi, मामा. literally meaning maternal uncle, commonly used in Hindi to describe a male police person, typically referring to traffic police. Mama/Mami Marathi, slang, मामा/मामी. literally meaning "maternal uncle/maternal aunt", it is one of the most common forms of addressing any strange male/female elder. Used frequently in Pune and Mumbai for traffic police personnel. Madama Italian term used when a police man is spotted on the site to advise someone during some sort of illegal action. Madero Slang, sometimes derogatory or vulgar. Spanish slang referring to a member of Cuerpo Nacional de Policia. Man, The Derogatory. Police officer or other government agent who has control, either by force or circumstance. Widely used in the United States, especially among African Americans and prisoners. Popular during the 1960s and 1970s by anti-establishment groups. Mata/Mata-Mata Common slang in both Singapore and Malaysia, "mata" means "eye" in Malay and connotes surveillance, thus becoming a metonym for the police. Meat Wagon Common UK term for a police van, typically a Transit van, used for transporting people from a crime scene to the police station. Not commonly used for police cars or riot vans. "John got arrested for being drunk and disorderly, the Police cuffed him and threw him in the back of the Meat Wagon" Not applicable in the United States, where the term is used to describe a coroner's van, nor in Germany, where a Mietwagen is a hired car. Memur Bey Common slang used in Turkey. Means "Mr. Officer". Ment Russian slang, Мент (pl. Менты). Only slightly disparaging, in general use (e.g. Ments is an alternative title for Streets of Broken Lights). The word dates back to the nineteenth century and is originally Hungarian, meaning "cloak" (because the Austro-Hungarian police uniform included a cloak). Messingen Norwegian, literally "The Brass", referring to police badges traditionally being made of said material. Městapo Czech term used for