crocodile criminal 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Indonesian
lexeme bajul
meaning 1 crocodile
direction
meaning 2 thief; rascal, scoundrel
reference Большой индонезийско-русский словарь: I, 77
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Tagalog
lexeme buwaya
meaning 1 crocodile
direction
meaning 2 (slang) corrupt police officer (figuratively) greedy or corrupt person (especially a politician)

Ipinakikita si Marcos bilang isa sa mga buwaya na hawak-hawak ang tali ng gusaling kinaroroonan ng Con-Con. (1992, Rebolusyonaryong panunuring masa sa sining at panitikan: mga dokumento ng 1971 ng Panulat para sa Kaunlaran ng Sambayanan (PAKSA) at Nagkakaisang Progresibong Artista-Arkitekto (NPAA).)

Maraming beses silang kinutya at tinakot ng mga buwaya sa Kamara at ahas sa Malacanang na walang ... Itinuloy nila ang kanilang sinimulang laban sa Kongreso sa iba't ibang pulong sa mga paaralan at rally sa mga lansangan. (2003, Jay De Castro, At tumestigo ang asintado: Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson)


Marcos is shown as one of the "crocodiles" [corrupt politicians] holding a rope tied on the building where the Con-Con [Constitutional Convention] is held.

They are ridiculed and intimidated many times by the "crocodiles" (corrupt politicians) in the Batasang Pambansa and the "snakes" (turncoats) in Malacañang who have no ... They continued what they started against Congress at various conferences in schools and rallies in the streets...

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Senses of “corrupt police officer; greedy and corrupt, etc.”, from the 1970s and 1980s, are an allusion to the brown color of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) uniform.

Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018 https://diksiyonaryo.ph/search/buwaya

Rosario Torres-Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin (1999) Talinghagang Bukambibig, National Bookstore
Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press https://web.archive.org/web/20221025045230/https://zorc.net/RDZorc/publications/071=Tagalog%20Slang%20Dictionary.pdf#

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Zulu
lexeme in-gwenya
meaning 1 crocodile ukuwela lomfula kuyingozi ngenxa yezingwenya
It's dangerous to cross the river because of the crocodiles.
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meaning 2 criminal amaphoyisa azama ukuqeda izingwenya ezigcwele emadolobheni bakithi
the police are trying to put an end to the criminals who overfill our cities
reference Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 75
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