scotland yard

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   the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London

   SynonymsNew Scotland Yard

   Broaderpolice

Questions about scotland yard

What does scotland yard mean?

scotland yard means "the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London".

What is another word for scotland yard?

Close synonyms include New Scotland Yard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scotland yard a common word?

scotland yard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.