‖klopjag, noun

/ˈklɔpjax/
Plurals:
klopjags, klopjagte/ˈklɔpjaxtə/.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, klop knock, tap, beating + jag hunt, pursuit, chase.
A police raid.
[1971 E. Prov. Herald 27 Feb. 13Newspapers which had..described..activities of the South African Police as ‘raids’, ‘swoops’, or ‘klapjagte’ were..doing tremendous damage to the image of the Republic.]
1971 Rand Daily Mail 21 May 12Lottery klopjag.
1971 Rand Daily Mail 28 Aug. 10Non-Nationalists shrink away in revulsion and anger..when there is another Security police klopjag with a whole lot a decent, ordinary citizens being raided at dawn.
1987 New Nation 28 May 4They claim police have staged an almost daily ‘klopjag’ (raid) at the houses of Bisco activists and SRC members.
1990 City Press 4 Feb. 6The echoes of De Klerk’s words had hardly vanished from the air-waves nor the ink hardly dried on newspaper reports of his words than the boys in blue were out on klopjag.
A police raid.
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