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

Examples of vice squad in a Sentence

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Pepper Anderson and her vice squad team that reported to Holliman’s Lt. Bill Crowley. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024 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. 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 See all Example Sentences for vice squad 

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of vice squad was in 1905

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“Vice squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20squad. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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