Noun
Dirty Harry (plural Dirty Harrys)
(figuratively) A police officer who is reckless, disregards practices and policies, or who practices vigilantism, or has a questionable use of force and officer involved shooting incidents.
What's disgusting about the Dirty Harry movies is that Eastwood plays this angry tension as righteous indignation. Pauline Kael
I'm the gun guy, a loud guitar Dirty Harry with a ponytail. Ted Nugent
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright
Eastwood would later play the lead in Dirty Harry – one of the thematic influences by which Judge Dredd was inspired. Source: Internet
Gorillaz performed "Dirty Harry" at the 2006 Brit Awards in London, and the band was nominated for Best British Group, and Best British Album (Demon Days). Source: Internet
McGilligan, p. 205 Dirty Harry has been described as being arguably Eastwood's most memorable character, and the film has been credited with inventing the "loose-cannon cop" genre. Source: Internet