crime squad
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcrimeandsquad
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crime
noun
uk/kraɪm/us/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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squad
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/skwɒd/us/skwɑːd/
a small group of people trained to work together as ...
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(Definition ofcrimeandsquadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thecrimesquadidentified them.
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He was not a member of the seriouscrimesquad.
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The seriouscrimesquadthere had to be disbanded.
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We are talking now about a nationalcrimesquad.
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That excludes any contribution to the nationalcrimesquad.
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There are currently 375 police officers employed in regionalcrimesquaddrugs wings.
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Those results could be even better and with a nationalcrimesquadshould be.
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The seriouscrimesquadcame round, and it was all clearly connected with drugs and yardies.
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I was speaking yesterday to a detective inspector in a regionalcrimesquad.
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He said that the creation of a nationalcrimesquadwas not straightforward.
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There has been a reduced contribution to agency services such as the regionalcrimesquad.
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That is why every police regionalcrimesquadin the country has a drugs wing.
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That is to say, his period of service in the seriouscrimesquadspanned those years.
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The future basis of manning for the nationalcrimesquadwill draw on existing police services.
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We cannot fight organised criminals without a proper nationalcrimesquad.
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In 1988, regionalcrimesquaddrug wings mounted over 40 joint operations with customs.
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Last week we were told that a regionalcrimesquadis expected to be set up in a few weeks.
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It said that attempts were being made to clean up the seriouscrimesquadin the west midlands.
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There is a danger of the nationalcrimesquadbeing used as a means of further centralisation.
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A criminal escaped from prison, and members of a regionalcrimesquadkept observation on the home of his relatives.
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Secondly, will he ensure that the nationalcrimesquaddeals with burglary because that is a serious problem?
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The service and thecrimesquadwill each be maintained by a new type of statutory body—a service authority.
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Twenty posts from the 1989–90 manpower programme have been allocated to regionalcrimesquaddrugs wings.
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What is wrong with £1,500 a year for a trained and efficient member of acrimesquad?
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It will create a nationalcrimesquadso that we have a more effective national response to organised crime.
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