comtsotsi, noun
A criminal operating under the cloak of left-wing political activism in a Black township. Cf. comrade, tsotsi sense 1.
1986 City Press 8 June 1B— and N— were accused of having hired ‘comtsotsis’ to burn other shops so their business could prosper.
1993 Africa S. & E. May 14He was surprised by Radebe’s honesty in conceding that criminal elements — the ‘comtsotsis’ — had infiltrated ANC ranks.
A criminal operating under the cloak of left-wing political activism in a Black township.
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