bolo

noun5

1. •
   A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
2. •
   (US) A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.
3. •
   A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
4. •
   [before a noun] A type of punch; an uppercut.

   • He jerked me off balance and the hand with the brass knucks came around in a looping bolo punch. — 1953
5. •
   A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.

verb3

1. •
   To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
2. •
   To cleave or dismember (a person or an animal) with a bolo knife.
3. •
   To dress (somebody) in a bolo.

noun1

1. •
   (US) A broadcast issued from a law enforcement agency to others, typically containing information about a wanted suspect, a person of interest, or a related vehicle.

   • Police had issue^([sic – meaning issued]) a BOLO alert for Brown and the children when he suddenly arrived in the emergency room of Central Florida Regional Hospital, looking for his wife. — 2016

noun1

1. •
   Clipping of Bolshevik.

   • [G]round strafing, however, was as exciting as in France, particularly when it was carried out dozens of miles behind the Bolo lines. — 1938