"pretextual stop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pretextual stops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pretextual stop (plural pretextual stops)
  1. (US) The stopping by police of a motor vehicle in the case of a minor infringement of the law, in order to investigate other suspected criminal activity. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-pretextual_stop-en-noun-Sdha9a77 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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