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polac

UK/ˈpəʊlæk/

polac noun: a road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.

Noun (1)

polac (plural polacs)

  1. (UK) A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.
    • An accident involving a police car is known as a 'polac', and is investigated 'independently' by the area traffic department rather than by the division to which the driver belongs.1990, Robert Chesshyre, Force: Inside the Police, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN
    • Before getting out of his van, he sent out a Polac (police accident) bulletin on his radio.2001 February 12, John Sutherland, The Guardian

Noun (2) capitalized: POLAC

POLAC (plural POLACs)

  1. (UK) Alternative letter-case form of polac.
    • I doubt that the organisation is going to be terribly concerned that you arrive at that call thirty seconds later than you would have done otherwise but can be pretty sure that they would have something to say had you smashed up your police car on the way there. I doubt also that CPS would be...2019, Darren Moor, How To Survive Your Police Career, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN
    • And it really brought it home to me when I was involved in my own POLAC (police accident) in March 2012.2015 January 14, Jessica Davies, “Pc moved into office role 'after telling bosses blue-flashing lights on police cars don't work'”, in The Telegraph

Noun (3) capitalized: POLAC

POLAC (uncountable)

  1. (Nigeria) The Police Academy of Nigeria.

Forms of polac

pluralpolacs
alternative formPOLAC
pluralPOLACs

Origin of polac

Blend of police + accident.

Blend of police + academy.

Questions about polac

What does polac mean?
Polac means a road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.
What part of speech is polac?
Polac is a noun.
How do you pronounce polac?
Polac is pronounced /ˈpəʊlæk/ (UK).
What is the plural of polac?
The plural of polac is polacs.

Words near polac in the dictionary

  1. Polab
  2. Polabian
  3. Polabians
  4. Polabish
  5. Polabs
  6. polac
  7. polacanthid
  8. polacanthids
  9. polacca
  10. Polacca Wash
  11. polaccas

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