police dog
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2.2
- noun
- /pəˈlis dɔg/
:
perro policía
- Hundreds of police officers and police dogs lined the street outside Detroit's Ford Field on Wednesday to honor the Wayne State University police officer who died last week.
- trained police dogs
- police dog attacking
- police dogs sniffing
Canine loner, cop, new partner, police dog.
- Canine loner, cop, new partner, police dog.
Examples
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I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO BE A FUGITIVE ON THE RUN WITH HANK, BUFFALO'S NUMBER-ONE POLICE DOG, ON THE JOB.
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I'm telling you, we went through there with a police dog.
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This is a police dog, and we just want to have a look around.
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A police dog was also seen being led near the house.
Blog text (11) -
I mean, Max is a trained police dog.
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Harley's a retired police dog.
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That's when a police dog picked up on the scent of drugs.
Blog text (13) -
Two uniformed security guards are making a sweep of the room with police dogs.
Fiction book (1992) -
From 1994 to 2001, Apollo was one of New York's best police dogs and contributed to multiple arrests.
Blog text (12) -
The officer commanded his police dog to track the suspect's scent through the park.
How Trained
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a dog trained to assist police' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'police' (law enforcement) with 'dog' (a domesticated canine), indicating a dog associated with the police. This compound is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common occupational or role-based construction that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.
Etymology
Police dog comes from the simple picture of a dog that works with the police. These dogs were trained to chase or track people, find hidden items and protect officers, so the phrase means 'a dog trained to help police'.