hoolivan means A police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
Blend of hooligan + van.
noun
- A police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.“Of course we played our part too and it's easy to look back with rose-tinted Armani shades but there was no two ways about it; the 'glory days' were over with CCTV, hoolivans, undercover Police operations, banning orders, jail sentences […]”