tactical contact

noun

The use of a police vehicle to deliberately ram another vehicle, in an attempt to bring a pursuit to an end.

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Meanings

nountactical contact (countable and uncountable, plural tactical contacts)

plural tactical contacts

  1. UKuncountablegovernmentThe use of a police vehicle to deliberately ram another vehicle, in an attempt to bring a pursuit to an end.
  2. UKcountablegovernmentAn instance of such ramming.
  3. UKcountableuncountablegovernmentUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tactical, contact.

Origin

From tactical + contact.

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APA

tactical contact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tactical%20contact

MLA

“tactical contact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tactical%20contact. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tactical contact,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tactical%20contact.

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