Designating a person living or occupied on the water, or travelling by water. Also occasionally: found or encountered on the water. See also waterman…

(originally) a body of police carrying arms, an armed police force; (now usually) (with plural agreement) a number of police officers carrying guns…

a police unit with specialized duties, esp. which differ from those typically assumed by the police.

the branch of a police force concerned with the enforcement of traffic regulations and road traffic control; (with plural agreement) members of…

a police unit concerned with the enforcement of laws relating to prostitution, drug abuse, illegal gambling, etc.

a division of a police force appointed to investigate crimes involving the illegal trade or use of drugs; cf. narcotic, n.

(sometimes with capital initials) the uniformed branch of the police (cf. senses A. 5a, B. 7c, and blue boy, n.).

(a) a unit of covert detectives or police officers; (b) South African (usually with capital initials) a branch of the police responsible for…

a detachment of a police force organized for rapid movement. Also = flying squadron n. at sense 4e(a) (figurative and in extended use).

In full Sweeney Todd. Rhyming slang for ‘Flying Squad’. So, a member of the Flying Squad.

attributive. Canadian. Designating or belonging to a police unit dealing with crimes involving prostitution, pornography, etc. Esp. in morality police…

(a) a military force equipped to deliver a (nuclear) strike; (b) a police unit organized for rapid and effective action against crime.

(a) a group of police officers responsible for dealing with prostitution; a vice squad; (b) a group of men each actively seeking a woman for a…

= drug squad n. at compounds 1b.

elliptical for vice squad n. at compounds 2b. slang.

A mobile police patrol or patrol vehicle.

In the sense ‘wearing uniform; uniformed’; spec. in the police force, distinguished from the plain-clothes section, esp. in uniform branch.

Short for uniform branch at compounds b (see below).

The National Criminal Intelligence Service, an agency founded in 1992 to gather intelligence on serious and organized crime in Britain.