Police
Police noun - The department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes.
Scotland Yard and police are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Scotland Yard" with "Police", this terms are similar.
Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard noun - The detective department of the metropolitan police force of London.
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Synonyms for Scotland Yard
Police and Scotland Yard are semantically related. You can use "Police" instead a noun phrase "Scotland Yard".
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- The Yard has become synonymous with police to the extent that any police version of the Nations of the World Montage will feature a shot of the New Scotland Yard sign.
Source: Smith of the Yard -
After one attempt, a frustrated Maria suggests that they phone Scotland Yard, but Scotland Yard just refers them back to their local police.
Source: Series / The Box of Delights -
In the early Sherlock Holmes stories, the police inspectors of Scotland Yard were outright idiots, overlooking clues and coming to false conclusions.
Source: Police Are Useless
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