policespeak

See also: Policespeak

English

Etymology

police +‎ -speak

Noun

policespeak (uncountable)

  1. The jargon or formal language used by the police.
    • 2008, John Gibbons, M. Teresa Turell, Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics, page 75:
      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, […]
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