traffic stop
noun
plural traffic stops
: an instance of police stopping a driver (as for speeding or a broken taillight)
She was pulled over for a routine traffic stop.
an officer making a traffic stop
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Listen to this article A driver who failed to pull over for a traffic stop led authorities on a pursuit — some times at slow speeds — that lasted more than two hours Sunday as a sheriff’s helicopter followed him through North County.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
The men were taken into custody on April 4 following a traffic stop on Interstate 94 near Lake Forest.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Sada Baby has been arrested after a traffic stop snowballed into more.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Sorrell was originally arrested in January during a traffic stop.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
The men were taken into custody on April 4 following a traffic stop on Interstate 94 near Lake Forest.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Sada Baby has been arrested after a traffic stop snowballed into more.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Sorrell was originally arrested in January during a traffic stop.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for traffic stop
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“Traffic stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20stop. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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