"vice squad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vice squads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vice squad (plural vice squads)
  1. (law enforcement, criminology) A police section specialized in vice crimes. Categories (topical): Criminology, Law enforcement Translations (police section specialized in vice crimes): zedenbrigade (Dutch), huoltopoliisi (Finnish), police des mœurs (French), brigade de répression du proxénétisme (French), brigade mondaine (French), police des braguettes (French), brigade des mœurs (French), erkölcsrendészet (Hungarian), policja obyczajowa [feminine] (Polish), obyczajówka [feminine] (Polish), sedlighetsrotel [common-gender] (Swedish), מאָראַל־פּאָליציי (moral-politsey) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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