police dog

noun

1
: a dog trained to assist police (as in drug detection)
2

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After a multi-agency search, a police dog handler found her naked body concealed under palm fronds at a sports ground just beyond a wire fence near the caravan park — six days after she was last seen, the newspaper reported. Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025 Officers with police dogs went yard to yard, searching between houses. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2025 The suspect fled the scene, and police, despite the help of a police dog, were not able to find him. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025 Santa Fe Police Officer Damian Vigil, 30, had permanent scarring and needed reconstructive surgery to the left side of his face following a demonstration by a fellow officer intended to show how a police dog, Ayke, approached suspects in April 2022, according to Vigil’s attorney, Adrian Vega. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for police dog

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of police dog was in 1836

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police dog

noun
1
: a dog trained to help police (as in drug detection)
2

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