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NEW SCOTLAND YARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does New Scotland Yard mean?
• NEW SCOTLAND YARD (noun)
The noun NEW SCOTLAND YARD has 1 sense:
1. the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London
Familiarity information: NEW SCOTLAND YARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The detective department of the metropolitan police force of London
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
New Scotland Yard; Scotland Yard
Hypernyms ("New Scotland Yard" is a kind of...):
constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)
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