John Q. Law

English

Noun

John Q. Law (plural John Q. Laws)

1. (US, slang) A generic police officer.
   • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by The Wolf (Harvey Keitel):

     Now if we cross the path of any John Q. Laws, nobody does a fuckin' thing 'til I do something.

Synonyms

• Johnny Law

Related terms

• John Q. Public

Further reading

• “John Q. Law n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present