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foot pursuit

foot pursuit noun: a situation where a law enforcement officer physically chases a suspect on foot in an effort to detain or arrest them.

Noun

foot pursuit (countable and uncountable, plural foot pursuits)

  1. A situation where a law enforcement officer physically chases a suspect on foot in an effort to detain or arrest them.
    • I got in some real wild foot pursuits.1978, Rick Marks, More Than A Run, page 117

Forms of foot pursuit

pluralfoot pursuits

Questions about foot pursuit

What does foot pursuit mean?
Foot pursuit means a situation where a law enforcement officer physically chases a suspect on foot in an effort to detain or arrest them.
What part of speech is foot pursuit?
Foot pursuit is a noun.
What is the plural of foot pursuit?
The plural of foot pursuit is foot pursuits.

Words near foot pursuit in the dictionary

  1. foot pegs
  2. foot per second
  3. foot plough
  4. foot plow
  5. foot pump
  6. foot pursuit
  7. foot pursuits
  8. foot race
  9. foot racer
  10. foot races
  11. foot rest

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