polac

noun
/ˈpəʊlæk/UK

Etymology

Blend of police + accident.

  1. derived from accidēns
  2. derived from accident
  3. inherited from accident
  4. compounded as polac — “police + accident

Definitions

  1. A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.

    • An accident involving a police car is known as a 'polac', and is investigated 'independently' by the area traffic department rather than by the division to which the driver belongs.
    • Before getting out of his van, he sent out a Polac (police accident) bulletin on his radio.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of polac.

    • And it really brought it home to me when I was involved in my own POLAC (police accident) in March 2012.
    • First, a woman goes missing, and leaves her things and a mysterious note in her car. Now a POLAC with a DCI in the passenger seat.
  3. The Police Academy of Nigeria.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA