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Watch Committee

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noun

  1. history a local government committee composed of magistrates and representatives of the county borough council responsible for the efficiency of the local police force

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Summoned before Cardiff's Watch Committee, M. Chevalier's English manager tried to argue, was sternly ordered to produce a verbatim translation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Earlier in the week, the American Civil Liberties Union, in conjunction with the New York-based Americas Watch Committee, released a 287-page human rights report on El Salvador.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally the Watch Committee decided that roguish Maurice may not sing in Cardiff.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shcharansky, whose English is excellent, acted as an unofficial public relations man for his fellow Jewish activists, as well as for members of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Committee, which he had helped found.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been solemnly in the mayoral procession to church, he had attended meetings of the council, he had been nominated to the Watch Committee.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

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