"police line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: police lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} police line (plural police lines)
  1. A line, often marked with yellow tape, demarcating a crime or accident scene and which bystanders are not supposed to cross.
    Sense id: en-police_line-en-noun-n9miRmg2
  2. A line of police officers standing guard.
    Sense id: en-police_line-en-noun-pc6MrU0C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76

Inflected forms

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