Scotland Yardnoun [ + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌskɒt.lənd ˈjɑːd/us/ˌskɑːt.lənd ˈjɑːrd/the main office of the London police force, or the officers who work there, especially those involved in solving serious crimes:
Scotland Yard have/has been called in to investigate the murder.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- escort
- fuzz
- met
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police force
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- traffic cops
- warrant
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