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Kébé definition 1
Police or gendarmes (another nickname).
"“Les **kébés** rôdent ce soir, range ta moto si t’as pas les papiers.” (“The **cops** are roaming tonight, put away your motorbike if you don’t have the papers.”)"
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🇲🇱 Mali
Definitions
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Added
July 2025
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