police procedural

noun

plural police procedurals

: a mystery story written from the point of view of the police investigating the crime

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What follows is ultimately a completely different movie, going from an intense slasher to a sluggish police procedural. —

Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 Adam-12 was a police procedural that ran from 1968 to 1975. —

Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 In 1975, Farrell appeared in the uncredited role of Diane Sills in the police procedural Starsky and Hutch in one episode in 1975, as a bit role as a supporting actress in the dramatic thriller Billy Jack Goes to Washington in 1977. —

Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 May 2026 The crooked lawyer, played by Bridget Regan, on ABC's police procedural series, died in the penultimate episode of Season 8 in a dramatic cliffhanger ahead of next week's finale. —

Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police procedural

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of police procedural was in 1963

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