DPP

English

Proper noun

DPP

1. (politics) Initialism of Democratic Progressive Party (“political party in Taiwan”).
   • 1998, John F. Copper, Taiwan's Mid-1990s elections: Taking the Final Steps to Democracy‎^[1], Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 3:

     All of the parties could and did claim victories. The ruling KMT won the governorship and the mayorship of Kaohsiung. Naturally KMT leaders boasted of these wins. In particular, they noted that Kaohsiung had been a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP won the mayorship of Taipei. This was a major triumph. The NP's candidate was second in the Taipei mayoral context and the NP did well in the Taipei City Council race. Taiwan's new political party thus seemed to be off to a good start in winning support at the ballot box. Finally, the cause of democracy won.

   • 2007, Diana Lary, China's Republic‎^[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6:

     The old ruling party, the Guomindang (GMD), is interested in closer relations with the no longer socialist Mainland, but it is out of power. The present ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), is no longer talking about independence, though this had been its raison d'être in the past.

2. (fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.

   Synonym: DPPt

Noun

DPP (plural DPPs)

1. (chiefly Commonwealth, law) Initialism of Director of Public Prosecutions.
   • 2014, Nick Davies, Hack Attack: How the truth caught up with Rupert Murdoch, Random House, →ISBN, page 299:

     After months of troubling silence, the DPP Keir Starmer, finally stepped forward and directly and loudly challenged Yates.

2. Initialism of Deputy Public Prosecutor.

See also

• CPS (“Crown Prosecution Service”)

Anagrams

• PDP, PPD