ASBO
(British, law enforcement, transitive) To issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Order to (someone).
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(British, law enforcement, transitive) To issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Order to (someone).
“I just want to vote for someone who can slap an asbo on dogs* that poop outside my front door!! 😩 wtf is this?! *their owners as dogs are inmocent”
Yes he will probably end up in the criminal justice system in a few years time - but if we ASBO him now he's going to end up there an awful lot quicker because he will breach it.
“I just want to vote for someone who can slap an asbo on dogs* that poop outside my front door!! 😩 wtf is this?! *their owners as dogs are inmocent”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(British, informal) One who has been issued with the above legal order.
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(British, law enforcement) Anti-Social Behaviour Order.
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(British, legal) A civil order made against a person, as a result of persistent antisocial behaviour.
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(UK, legal) A proposed form of ASBO .
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A UK legal term for a proposed alternative to the ASBO (Anti-Social Behaviour Order) — a civil court order intended to curb anti-social conduct by imposing behavioural restrictions on individuals. The 'respect order' was floated as a rebrand of the ASBO concept during political discussions around anti-social behaviour policy in the 2000s. Where ASBOs became culturally associated with young troublemakers (and were sometimes worn as badges of honour), respect orders were intended to sound more constructive and positive.