CIDnoun [ + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌsiː.aɪˈdiː/us/ˌsiː.aɪˈdiː/abbreviation for Criminal Investigation Department: the part of a UK police force that does not wear uniforms and is responsible for discovering who has committed crimes
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- constabulary
- cop shop
- escort
- fuzz
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police force
- police state
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- traffic cops
- warrant
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