Assigned Cop At Birth. When the birth profession of the person does not match with their actual profession confusion might arise, hence this term designating people who were born as sworn-in police officers.
This term is useful for people who no longer wish to be police officers, despite it being their identity for their entire lives. ACABs may present differently from other police.
1. ACAB (A.C.A.B).
All Coppers Are Bastards / All Cops Are Bastards.
Origionally used by strikers in the UK, spread to prison inmates who often tattoo'd ACAB on themselves.
In the 70's became popular in the punk/oi scenes after the band 4-Skins used it as the title for a song.
Alternative defenitions are often used to avoid getting in trouble when quized on its mening, for example a march in germany had a banner proclaiming All Communists Are Beautiful.
2. ACAB - Anti Cuts Action Bristol, a local campaigning group fighting against austerity cuts and their root causes; capitalism and hierarchy.
3. Association of Community Access Broadcasters, a group of New Zealand community radio stations.
I'll sing you a song it won't take long, all coppers are bastards.
ACAB - Not from a bunch of white powertwats, not from california.
Meaning: All cops are bastardized. They're bastardized because of the system, we won't stop saying acab until the system is fixed and we get justice
Me: Acab
Emily: No! not all cops are bad, BlUe LivEs MaTtEr
Me: Im not saying all cops are bad, im sayingthe system is bad. Also there i no such thing as "Blue lives".
Acab: (n), βAll Crabs Are Boiledβ previously and mistakenly claimed as βAll Cops Are Bastardsβ derived from the Latin abbreviation βcrabos es bubbluscusosβ which roughly translates to βAll Crabs Are Boiled.β
Martin: βAcab man..β
Dennis: βyouβre right my man, all crabs ARE boiled. Thanks for helping me cook this seafood boil man. Wanna fuck?β
Martin: βas long as the balls donβt touchβ