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police tape

police tape noun: tape used as a police barricade, typically in order to restrict access to the scene of a crime.

police tape: tape used as a police barricade, typically in order to restrict access to the scene of a crime
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Noun

police tape (uncountable)

  1. Tape used as a police barricade, typically in order to restrict access to the scene of a crime.

Questions about police tape

What does police tape mean?
Police tape means tape used as a police barricade, typically in order to restrict access to the scene of a crime.
What part of speech is police tape?
Police tape is a noun.

Words near police tape in the dictionary

  1. police squads
  2. police state
  3. police states
  4. police station
  5. police stations
  6. police tape
  7. police up
  8. police van
  9. police vans
  10. police village
  11. police villages

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