| 单词 | rubber-heel inquiry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrubber-heel inquiry General attributive (in sense 2), as rubber-heel boy, rubber-heel inquiry, rubber-heel mob. ΚΠ 1962 T. Parker & R. Allerton Courage of his Convictions iv. 152 Stamper thought he'd be clever and he phoned the rubber-heel mob at Scotland Yard. 1971 Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 1/7 They led to investigations into the conduct of police officers by senior detectives. To all British police forces this type of investigation is known as a ‘rubber heel’ inquiry. 1976 P. Ferris Detective vii. 110 They were the rubber-heel boys, the policemen who investigated policemen. 1982 P. Inchbald Sweet Short Grass ix. 81 CIB2 was the rubber-heel mob, part of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, and its job was smelling out corrupt policemen. < as lemmas |
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