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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small mobile unit, especially of motorized police, capable of moving quickly into action, as during an emergency.
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- noun A
rapid -response unit of apolice force .
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- noun a mobile group of trained people (police or executives or officials) able to move quickly in the case of emergencies
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