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Scotland yard

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force. UK

    "I, for my part, drew up as full a précis of the case as I deemed advisable, and as time permitted, which I despatched by one of the company’s police to Scotland Yard."

  2. 2
    The police in London. metonymically
Noun
  1. 1
    the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London wordnet

Etymology

From the address, originally at Great Scotland Yard off Whitehall, then at New Scotland Yard on the Embankment, and (currently) at New Scotland Yard in Westminster.

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