Vopoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈfəʊpəʊ/

名詞

Vopo (plural Vopos or Vopo)

1. A member of the Volkspolizei. [from 20th c.]
   • 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 360:

     He imagined the co-opted West German policeman who […] knew the bridge by heart and could tell the regulars from the casuals and spot the smallest bad omen the moment it occurred: the silent doubling of the watch, the Vopo sharpshooters easing softly into place.