the headquarters of the police force of metropolitan London, controlled directly by the British Home Office and hence having certain national responsibilities
Official name: New Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard in American English
1.
short street in London, off Whitehall, orig. the site of police headquarters
2.
headquarters of the metropolitan London police, on the Thames embankment since 1890
: officially ; New Scotland Yard
3.
the London police, esp. the detective bureau
Word origin
so named because orig. the residence of the kings of Scotland when in London
Examples of 'Scotland Yard' in a sentence
Scotland Yard
Well, whether he had or hadn't wasn't Scotland Yard 's business.
Brandon, Ruth LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE (2002)
My people have let him go but they're checking on his background and connections in Scotland Yard.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
They will, no doubt, retrieve the information from the computer in due time; and I'm sending another copy of the disk to Scotland Yard.
Bill Adler and Mel Watkins WHO KILLED TIFFANY JONES? (2002)