policespeak

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noun

The jargon or formal language used by the police.

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Meanings

policespeak1

nounpolicespeak (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe jargon or formal language used by the police.

    In the passage above, two of the terms used by the interviewing officer are typical of legalistic/pseudo-legalistic policespeak. The officer uses the term "vehicle" even after the details of the vehicle type have been established, […]

    2008, John Gibbons, M. Teresa Turell, Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics, page 75

Policespeak2

proper noun
  1. A constructed language for police and emergency service cooperation at the Channel Tunnel, using a limited vocabulary drawn from French and English.

Origin

policespeak · noun

From police + -speak.

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Policespeak · proper noun

From police + -speak.

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Cite this entry
APA

policespeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policespeak

MLA

“policespeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policespeak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “policespeak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policespeak.

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