highway patrol

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noun
  1. a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.

  2. a law-enforcement officer or group of officers assigned to patrol a highway.

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How to use highway patrol in a sentence

  • Inside the precinct of the highway patrol, officers asked each other what Woods had to hide.

    The Tiger Coverup | Steve Helling | May 3, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • He was sitting quietly on the edge of the rear seat when the Nevada highway patrol cars drove up next to them.

    That Sweet Little Old Lady | Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA Mark Phillips)
  • I'm going to do a couple of highway patrol cars and Doc Adams'.

    The Year When Stardust Fell | Raymond F. Jones