Koevoet
See also: koevoet
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Afrikaans Koevoet.
Proper noun
[edit]Koevoet (uncountable)
- (historical) A specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From koevoet (“crowbar”), as a metaphor for how insurgents would be pried out of the civilian population.
Proper noun
[edit]Koevoet
- (historical) A specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.