traffic policenoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈtræf.ɪk pəˌliːs/us/ˈtræf.ɪk pəˌliːs/mainly US slang traffic copspolice officers whose job is to direct the movement of vehicles on a road or to stop drivers who are breaking the law and give them an official notice of their offence
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 fraud squad
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- warrant
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