SWAT team

SWAT team
{n.}, {informal} Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law-enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and Tactics. * /Joe made the SWAT team of the NYPD due to his athletic skills./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • SWAT team — Swat team Swat team (sw[o^]t t[=e]m), n. [acronym: Special Weapons and Training.] a special group of police trained to deal with unusually dangerous or violent situations, and having special weapons, such as rifles more powerful than those carri …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swat team — Swat team Swat team (sw[o^]t t[=e]m), n. [acronym: Special Weapons and Training.] a special group of police trained to deal with unusually dangerous or violent situations, and having special weapons, such as rifles more powerful than those carri …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • SWAT team — [ˈswɔt ti:m US ˈswa:t ] n especially AmE Special Weapons and Tactics team a specially trained group of police who deal with the most dangerous and violent situations …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • SWAT team — noun a squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with violent and dangerous situations • Syn: ↑SWAT squad, ↑Special Weapons and Tactics team, ↑Special Weapons and Tactics squad • Hypernyms: ↑police squad, ↑squad * * * SWAT team UK …   Useful english dictionary

  • SWAT team — UK [ˈswɒt ˌtiːm] / US [ˈswɑt ˌtɪm] noun [countable] Word forms SWAT team : singular SWAT team plural SWAT teams Special Weapons And Tactics team: a group of American police officers trained to deal with dangerous situations …   English dictionary

  • SWAT team — [[t]swɒ̱t tiːm[/t]] SWAT teams N COUNT A SWAT team is a group of policemen who have been specially trained to deal with very dangerous or violent situations. SWAT is an abbreviation for Special Weapons and Tactics . [mainly AM] …   English dictionary

  • SWAT team — {n.}, {informal} Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and Tactics. * /Joe made the SWAT team of the NYPD due to his athletic skills./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • swat\ team — noun informal Police unit trained for especially hazardous or sensitive law enforcement assignments; short for Special Weapons and tactics. Joe made the swat team of the NYPD due to his athletic skills …   Словарь американских идиом

  • SWAT team — team of law enforcement agents that are specially trained to deal with unusually dangerous or violent situations …   English contemporary dictionary

  • SWAT Team (process model) — In Software Engineering, a SWAT Team ( S killed W ith A dvanced T ools) is an organizational structure model usually applied in evolutionary and iterative software development processes such as RUP and agile software… …   Wikipedia

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