Definitions
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- initialism UK Anti-Social Behaviour Order
- initialism UK one who has been issued with the above legal order.
- verb UK, transitive To issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Order.
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Examples
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Getting the ASBO is the tip of the iceberg, dealing with subsequent breaches is where the real work lies.
Yawn « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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And yet breach of an ASBO is a criminal offense bearing a potential 5 year prison sentence.
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And yet breach of an ASBO is a criminal offense bearing a potential 5 year prison sentence.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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The worst child in ASBO terms I heard about recently lived near Wolverhampton.
Archive 2007-02-18 Newmania 2007
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The worst child in ASBO terms I heard about recently lived near Wolverhampton.
Featuring Phillipa Newmania 2007
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The ASBO is another toothless tiger to be challenged by the terminally bored and under-employed street youth.
Yawn « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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The reason the government LOVE the ASBO is the fact that it’s easy detections which no doubt bumps up the figures.
Yawn « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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My sons call ASDA "ASBO" - strangely apt sometimes.
[memory loss] ho hum 2009
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And then is vexed when they have to place Antisocial Orders on kids called ASBO's.
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And then is vexed when they have to place Antisocial Orders on kids called ASBO's.
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