POLICE SQUAD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime

Synonyms:

police squad; squad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("police squad" is a kind of...):

squad; team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "police squad"):

vice squad (a police group to enforce laws against gambling and prostitution)

platoon (a team of policemen working under the military platoon system)

Special Weapons and Tactics squad; Special Weapons and Tactics team; SWAT squad; SWAT team (a squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with violent and dangerous situations)