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New Scotland Yard   /nu skˈɑtlənd jɑrd/   Listen
New Scotland Yard

noun
1.
The detective department of the metropolitan police force of London.  Synonym: Scotland Yard.





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"New Scotland Yard" Quotes from Famous Books



... best thing you can do!" responded the manager with alacrity. "And take my advice and go straight to headquarters—go to New Scotland Yard. Just think what this woman—and her accomplices—could do! If she or they had one hour's start of you, they can have already put a good distance between themselves and London; they can be halfway to Dover, or Harwich, or Southampton. ...
— The Middle of Things • J. S. Fletcher


Words linked to "New Scotland Yard" :   law, Scotland Yard, police, police force, constabulary


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