Scotland Yard
noun
Scot·land Yard
ˌskät-lən(d)-ˈyärd 
: the detective department of the London metropolitan police
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The case is being investigated by Scotland Yard.
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The Jack the Ripper Tour begins at Tower Hill, right on the boundary between Scotland Yard territory and City of London Police territory.
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
When a former Scotland Yard detective goes to her home country of Jamaica to solve a missing-persons case … will her own life be upended?!
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
The story follows Millie-Jean Black (Tamara Lawrance), who is forced out of Scotland Yard (the metropolitan police headquarters in London) and moves back to her native Jamaica.
—Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Some two decades later, in the wake of her mother’s death, Millie (an exceptional Tamara Lawrance) leaves her detective role at London’s Scotland Yard and returns to Kingston.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
When a former Scotland Yard detective goes to her home country of Jamaica to solve a missing-persons case … will her own life be upended?!
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
The story follows Millie-Jean Black (Tamara Lawrance), who is forced out of Scotland Yard (the metropolitan police headquarters in London) and moves back to her native Jamaica.
—Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Some two decades later, in the wake of her mother’s death, Millie (an exceptional Tamara Lawrance) leaves her detective role at London’s Scotland Yard and returns to Kingston.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
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Scotland Yard
noun
Scot·land Yard
ˌskät-lən(d)-ˈyärd
: the detective division of the London area police
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