Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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- initialism Canada, law enforcement
Royal Canadian Mounted Police .
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- noun the federal police force of Canada
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Examples
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It seems that the RCMP is about to kick one of their prized informants out of the Witness Protection Program for doing radio interviews for a "true crime" book.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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The officer who believes that walking away from the RCMP is a Taserable offence stated flatly that "Based on the knowledge we had at the time, we wouldn't have done anything differently."
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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They are arguing that a provincial inquiry has no jurisdiction, because the RCMP is a federal institution.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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This sounds as though the RCMP is all but throwing in the towel, even if Sweeney hedged, cautioning that "[s] ometimes things happen so quickly that the outcome is not one we would have desired."
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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The warriors are all under arrest now: despite the quite audible and frequent use of racial epithets, the RCMP is still investigating whether or not the attack was racially motivated.
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A complete top-to-bottom independent institutional audit of the RCMP is more than overdue.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Following a complaint by the NDP, the RCMP is now under investigation by the Commission for Public Complaints against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
RCMP Takes Heat for Failing to Probe Wire-Tapping Allegations : Law is Cool 2009
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Meanwhile the RCMP is backing away from the four officers, and the damage the latter have done to themselves is considerable.
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"Unfortunately the RCMP is not a healthy organization and is unable to take criticism," he said.
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The RCMP is not telling the viewers the truth, nobody goes missing in Canada without them knowing, that is their job.
The Mystery is Afoot: Sixth Severed Foot Found in BC : Law is Cool 2008
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