squad

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♦ squad /skw'ɒd/ (squads)
1 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu supp N
A squad is a section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with a particular type of crime.
The building was evacuated and the bomb squad called...
The club is under investigation by the fraud squad.
2 [N-COUNT]
A squad is a group of players from which a sports team will be chosen.
Sean O'Leary has been named in the England squad to tour Argentina.
3 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A squad of soldiers is a small group of them.
...a squad of commandos.
see also death squad, firing squad, vice squad, vice squaddeath squad (death squads)
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Death squads are groups of people who operate illegally and carry out the killing of people such as their political opponents or criminals.fir|ing squad (firing squads)
[N-COUNT] also by N
A firing squad is a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill a person who has been found guilty of committing a crime.
He was executed by firing squad.fraud squad (fraud squads)
[N-COUNT] oft N n
The fraud squad is a part of a police force whose job is to investigate crimes involving fraud.squad car (squad cars)
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A squad car is a car used by the police. (AM; in BRIT, usually use patrol car, police car)vice squad (vice squads)
[N-COUNT] usu the N in sing, N n
The vice squad is the section of a police force that deals with crime relating to pornography, prostitution, and gambling.
...ten vice-squad officers.

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