the long arm of the law
literarythe police:
You can't escape the long arm of the law (= the police will catch you if you have done something illegal).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- escort
- fuzz
- met
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police force
- the fraud squad
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- traffic cops
- warrant
See more results »