Scotland Yard
noun
Scot·land Yard
ˌskät-lən(d)-ˈyärd 
: the detective department of the London metropolitan police
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The case is being investigated by Scotland Yard.
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Three more potentially crucial years of the archive were destroyed four months later, even though Scotland Yard, too, had now begun asking for evidence.
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Nick Davies, Air Mail, 30 Aug. 2025
To clear his name, De Quincey must team up with his brilliant daughter Emily and a pair of Scotland Yard detectives to stop a killer who’s turning theory into deadly practice.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Paul Gallagher, 59, was charged by Scotland Yard following an investigation that started last year, a spokesperson with London’s Metropolitan Police Service said in an email on Monday.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
At the time, Scotland Yard was investigating accusations that reporters at two of the company’s papers, News of the World and the Sun, had illegally hacked into the phones of politicians, celebrities, royals, and even a dead teen-age girl.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
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Nick Davies, Air Mail, 30 Aug. 2025
To clear his name, De Quincey must team up with his brilliant daughter Emily and a pair of Scotland Yard detectives to stop a killer who’s turning theory into deadly practice.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025
Paul Gallagher, 59, was charged by Scotland Yard following an investigation that started last year, a spokesperson with London’s Metropolitan Police Service said in an email on Monday.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
At the time, Scotland Yard was investigating accusations that reporters at two of the company’s papers, News of the World and the Sun, had illegally hacked into the phones of politicians, celebrities, royals, and even a dead teen-age girl.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
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Scotland Yard
noun
Scot·land Yard
ˌskät-lən(d)-ˈyärd
: the detective division of the London area police
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