Immo, noun

Forms:
Also with small initial.
Origin:
Journalistic abbreviation of Immorality (Act), see immorality.
1. In the phrase Immo Act, Immorality Act (see immorality sense 1). Also attributive.
1971 Post 30 May 25Sam, a 29-year-old lorry driver, was found guilty of having broken the Immo Act with Liverpool-born..42-year-old twice divorced mother of 4.
1971 Post 10 Oct. 3He was questioned by a senior police officer, in connection with the alleged breaking of the Immo Act.
1972 Drum 22 Mar. 31K-s’ advocate..questioned Bernadette about the Cape Town Immo Act case.
1985 K. Ngwenya in Drum June 48When Drum staffer the late Can Themba campaigned for the lifting of prohibition, he exhorted: ‘Let the people drink..they are drinking anyway.’ The same could be said for the Immo Act.
2. immorality sense 2.
1977 Cape Herald 22 Oct. 2Ex-cop on immo charge.
In the phrase Immo Act,Immorality Act (see immorality sense 1). Also attributive.
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