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Police departments faced with shrinking budgets may want to borrow a page from their colleagues in Kissimmee, Fla., who recently hunched hunch  
n.
1. An intuitive feeling or a premonition: had a hunch that he would lose.

2. A hump.

3. A lump or chunk: "She . . .
 "Operation Vagrant--a sting in which police officers disguised dis·guise  
tr.v. dis·guised, dis·guis·ing, dis·guis·es
1.
a. To modify the manner or appearance of in order to prevent recognition.

b. To furnish with a disguise.

2.
 as homeless people ensnare speeders. Officers wear fake teeth, tattered tat·tered  
adj.
1. Torn into shreds; ragged.

2. Having ragged clothes; dressed in tatters.

3.
a. Shabby or dilapidated.

b. Disordered or disrupted.
 clothes, and push shopping carts, but mean no "disrespect," says the local sheriff.
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Title Annotation:Police department in Kissimmee, Fla.
Publication:Washington Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U5FL
Date:Jul 1, 2003
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