vice squad

noun

A police section specialized in vice crimes.

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Meanings

nounvice squad (plural vice squads)

plural vice squads

  1. criminologyA police section specialized in vice crimes.

    The film is about a big city police vice squad, and the action opens with Gould and Blake posing as "fairies" in order to raid and 'bustup' a gay bar.

    1974 February 2, “Notices”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 6

Translations

Dutch zedenbrigade
  • zedenbrigadepolice section specialized in vice crimes
Finnish huoltopoliisi
  • huoltopoliisipolice section specialized in vice crimes
French police des mœurs, brigade de répression du proxénétisme
  • police des mœurspolice section specialized in vice crimes
  • brigade de répression du proxénétismepolice section specialized in vice crimes
  • brigade mondainepolice section specialized in vice crimes
  • police des braguettespolice section specialized in vice crimes
  • brigade des mœurspolice section specialized in vice crimes
German Sittenpolizei
  • Sittenpolizeipolice section specialized in vice crimes
Hungarian erkölcsrendészet
  • erkölcsrendészetpolice section specialized in vice crimes
Polish policja obyczajowa, obyczajówka
  • policja obyczajowapolice section specialized in vice crimes
  • obyczajówkapolice section specialized in vice crimes
Swedish sedlighetsrotel
  • sedlighetsrotelpolice section specialized in vice crimes
Yiddish מאָראַל־פּאָליציי
  • מאָראַל־פּאָליציי (moral-politsey)police section specialized in vice crimes
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APA

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MLA

“vice squad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vice%20squad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vice squad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vice%20squad.

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