"polac" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Blend of police + accident",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1990, Robert Chesshyre, Force: Inside the Police, Pan Macmillan",
          "text": "An accident involving a police car is known as a 'polac', and is investigated 'independently' by the area traffic department rather than by the division to which the driver belongs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 February 12, John Sutherland, The Guardian",
          "text": "Before getting out of his van, he sent out a Polac (police accident) bulletin on his radio.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 2, magoo, “Standard Driving Test for Special Constables”, in Police Community, archived from the original on 2021-02-05, Roads Policing",
          "text": "Two weeks in my opinion cant surely be enough.¶ Oh well, whatever saves money. (they way to stop Polacs is apparently to create an initial phase pursuit course (1 to 2 days)! mmmm I think perhaps the way might be to stop decreasing the length of the course and to give drivers some appropriate vehicles, but thats another thread!",
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        }
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        "A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle."
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          "law enforcement",
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          "traffic",
          "traffic"
        ],
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          "accident",
          "accident"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, law enforcement) A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "POLAC"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "law-enforcement"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpəʊlæk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Polack"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polac"
}

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        "2": "police",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of police + accident",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "polacs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1990, Robert Chesshyre, Force: Inside the Police, Pan Macmillan",
          "text": "An accident involving a police car is known as a 'polac', and is investigated 'independently' by the area traffic department rather than by the division to which the driver belongs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 February 12, John Sutherland, The Guardian",
          "text": "Before getting out of his van, he sent out a Polac (police accident) bulletin on his radio.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 2, magoo, “Standard Driving Test for Special Constables”, in Police Community, archived from the original on 2021-02-05, Roads Policing",
          "text": "Two weeks in my opinion cant surely be enough.¶ Oh well, whatever saves money. (they way to stop Polacs is apparently to create an initial phase pursuit course (1 to 2 days)! mmmm I think perhaps the way might be to stop decreasing the length of the course and to give drivers some appropriate vehicles, but thats another thread!",
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        "A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle."
      ],
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          "traffic",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "police",
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(UK, law enforcement) A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle."
      ],
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        "UK"
      ],
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        "government",
        "law-enforcement"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpəʊlæk/",
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    },
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      "homophone": "Polack"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "POLAC"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polac"
}