blue flu
noun
Definition of blue flu
: a sick-out staged by police officers
From the M-W Editors
Origin and Etymology of blue flu
from the color of a police uniform
First Known Use: 1967
Law Dictionary
blue flu
noun
Legal Definition of blue flu
: an organized absence from work by police officers on the pretext of sickness that is staged for the purpose of protest
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