vice squad
noun
plural vice squads
: a police squad charged with enforcement of laws concerning gambling, pornography, sex work, and the illegal use of liquor and narcotics
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Cobb was called into the police department and a vice squad officer asked him to explain why there were two sets of the same fingerprints – one for Tony Conte and the other for Gail T. Cobb.
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Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
The vice squad arrested Jenkins, booked him and released him.
—Kai Bird, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
Handorf had worked as a plainclothes investigator, a detective and in the vice squad before he was assigned to District 3, which covers the West Side of Cincinnati.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 7 Dec. 2021
After a couple of years, she was transferred again, to the vice squad.
—New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
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Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
The vice squad arrested Jenkins, booked him and released him.
—Kai Bird, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
Handorf had worked as a plainclothes investigator, a detective and in the vice squad before he was assigned to District 3, which covers the West Side of Cincinnati.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 7 Dec. 2021
After a couple of years, she was transferred again, to the vice squad.
—New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
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“Vice squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20squad. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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