dealings traffic | social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') |
police work police investigation | the investigation of criminal activities |
police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
traffic | buying and selling, especially illicit trade |
drug traffic drug trafficking narcotraffic | traffic in illegal drugs |
slave trade slave traffic | traffic in slaves, especially in Black Africans transported to America in the th to th centuries |
German shepherd German shepherd dog German police dog alsatian | breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind |
police dog | any dog trained to assist police especially in tracking |
cruiser police cruiser patrol car police car prowl car squad car | a car in which policemen cruise the streets, equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters |
police boat | a boat used by harbor police |
police station police headquarters station house | a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district, serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought |
police van police wagon paddy wagon patrol wagon wagon black Maria | van used by police to transport prisoners |
traffic circle circle rotary roundabout | a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island, the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary |
traffic island safety island safety isle safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
traffic lane | a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines, that car is in the wrong traffic lane |
blotter day book police blotter rap sheet charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
traffic light traffic signal stoplight | a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections |
traffic | the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time, heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines, traffic on the internet is lightest during the night |
police squad squad | a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime |
police department | the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime |
traffic jam snarl-up | a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move |
police police force constabulary law | the force of policemen and officers, the law came looking for him |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP Mounties | the federal police force of Canada |
military police MP | a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners |
secret police | a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) |
police academy | an academy for training police officers |
police court | a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses |
traffic court | a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offenses |
traffic | the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time |
air traffic | traffic created by the movement of aircraft |
commuter traffic | traffic created by people going to or returning from work |
pedestrian traffic foot traffic | people coming and going on foot |
vehicular traffic vehicle traffic | the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality |
automobile traffic car traffic | cars coming and going |
bicycle traffic | bicycles coming and going |
bus traffic | buses coming and going |
truck traffic | trucks coming and going |
police state | a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) |
traffic pattern approach pattern pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport, the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded, they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted |
police precinct | a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force |
captain police captain police chief | a policeman in charge of a precinct |
constable police constable | a police officer of the lowest rank |
detective investigator tec police detective | a police officer who investigates crimes |
kitchen police KP | an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks |
lieutenant police lieutenant | an officer in a police force |
police commissioner | a civil commissioner appointed to supervise the duties and discipline of the police |
policeman police officer officer | a member of a police force, it was an accident, officer |
police matron policewoman | a woman policeman |
police sergeant sergeant | a lawman with the rank of sergeant |