traffic cop
noun
: a police officer who directs traffic or gives fines to people who break traffic laws
Examples of traffic cop in a Sentence
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In one scene, Foley is arrested while trying to commandeer a traffic cop’s adorable little car for a requisite police chase.
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Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 June 2024
The traffic cop is played by Murphy’s daughter, Bria, one of his 10 kids.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 June 2024
Specifically, the one-time traffic cop alleged in public statements and a federal lawsuit that he was hounded for still writing tickets to traffic violators who presented Police Benevolent Association courtesy cards, issued to friends and family of officers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024
Spellacy aims for Patch to be a trustworthy traffic cop on the carbon reduction highway.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Seeing no other option, the city hired a traffic cop and put the signs up for sale.
—Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
Tana may carry the film’s finale, but its epiphanies are modest, its incidents — a run-in with a traffic cop, a breath of romance with a Dallas dreamboat — taken casually in stride, part of a larger whole that spans real-life portraiture and quoted Mary Oliver poetry.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 July 2023
The Rules Committee of the House of Representatives has been called many things: traffic cop, the Speaker’s committee, handmaiden of the Speaker.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
Adrian Houser got the start and assumed the role of traffic cop from the outset, allowing at least one batter to reach base in all five of his innings of work.
—Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2023
Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 June 2024
The traffic cop is played by Murphy’s daughter, Bria, one of his 10 kids.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 June 2024
Specifically, the one-time traffic cop alleged in public statements and a federal lawsuit that he was hounded for still writing tickets to traffic violators who presented Police Benevolent Association courtesy cards, issued to friends and family of officers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024
Spellacy aims for Patch to be a trustworthy traffic cop on the carbon reduction highway.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Seeing no other option, the city hired a traffic cop and put the signs up for sale.
—Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
Tana may carry the film’s finale, but its epiphanies are modest, its incidents — a run-in with a traffic cop, a breath of romance with a Dallas dreamboat — taken casually in stride, part of a larger whole that spans real-life portraiture and quoted Mary Oliver poetry.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 July 2023
The Rules Committee of the House of Representatives has been called many things: traffic cop, the Speaker’s committee, handmaiden of the Speaker.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
Adrian Houser got the start and assumed the role of traffic cop from the outset, allowing at least one batter to reach base in all five of his innings of work.
—Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2023
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“Traffic cop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20cop. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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