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police line

police line noun: a line, often marked with yellow tape, demarcating a crime or accident scene and which bystanders are not supposed to cross.

Noun

police line (plural police lines)

  1. A line, often marked with yellow tape, demarcating a crime or accident scene and which bystanders are not supposed to cross.
  2. A line of police officers standing guard.

Forms of police line

pluralpolice lines

Questions about police line

What does police line mean?
Police line means a line, often marked with yellow tape, demarcating a crime or accident scene and which bystanders are not supposed to cross.
What part of speech is police line?
Police line is a noun.
What is the plural of police line?
The plural of police line is police lines.

Words near police line in the dictionary

  1. police forces
  2. police juries
  3. police jury
  4. police lieutenant
  5. police lieutenants
  6. police line
  7. police lines
  8. police lives matter
  9. police magistrate
  10. police magistrates
  11. police man

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