| 单词 | ghost squad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasghost squad ghost squad n. (a) a unit of covert detectives or police officers; (b) South African (usually with capital initials) a branch of the police responsible for checking the passes (pass n.4 7e) of black people (now historical).Frequently with the in references to specific units or branches. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > branch or part of police force > specific water1552 armed police1787 special police1804 detective force1849 traffic police1883 vice squad1905 drug squad1913 blue force1920 ghost squad1922 flying squad1927 Sweeney1936 morality squad1945 courtesy patrol1961 strike force1961 pussy posse1963 drugs squad1965 vice1967 mobile1971 uniform branch1972 uniform1978 NCIS1991 1922 San Francisco Examiner 20 Sept. 17/2 The latest in federal prohibition raiding circles is the ‘ghost squad’... Members of the squad are to remain unidentified even at the federal prohibition office. All reports are to be secretly filed. 1947 Daily Mail (Hull) 2 May 4/4 In this warfare against an entirely new batch of criminals..many new and effective ideas are being tried. One is the formation of a ghost squad of picked detectives posing as deserters. 1960 A. Hutchinson Road to Ghana (1st U.S. ed.) iii. 29 Prisoners were queuing at street corners where the ‘ghost squad’ was demanding passes. 1993 City Press (Johannesburg) 12 Dec. 23 Remember the past brainwave of the ‘Ghost Squad’ whose job was to stop us for pass offences. 2021 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 3 Mar. 14 London's Met Police has its own version... It was previously nicknamed the ‘ghost squad’ because it was so secretive. < as lemmas |
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