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vice squad

[ vahys-skwod ]

/ ˈvaɪs ˌskwɒd /

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noun

a police squad charged with enforcing laws dealing with narcotic drugs, prostitution, pornography, gambling, and other forms of vice.

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Origin of vice squad

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby vice squad

viceregal assent, vice-regent, vicereine, viceroy, viceroyalty, vice squad, vice versa, Vichy, Vichy government, Vichyite, vichyssoise

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How to use vice squad in a sentence

The vice squad had a shot at capturing the suspected trafficker and finding the two other young-looking girls K had been with.
Sex-trafficked kids are crime victims. In Las Vegas, they still go to jail.|Jessica Contrera|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
For instance, I once spent some time with the New York City Vice Squad (Manhattan, Morals South was the precinct).
John Irving's Favorite New Thriller|John Irving|March 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Vice Squad detectives say the cult indulged in sex and drug parties.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
You have never had any contact with Ferrie in connection with your activities on the vice squad?
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Now, do you use your—use showups in your business, in the vice squad?
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
That particular showup they had gotten two of the officers, I believe, that work in the vice squad.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Now, for some reason, it sounded like something covered by the Vice Squad.
Out Like a Light|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for vice squad

vice squad

noun

a police division to which is assigned the enforcement of gaming and prostitution laws

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