traffic cop

noun

: a police officer who directs traffic or gives fines to people who break traffic laws

Examples of traffic cop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Overton, as the traffic cop of health policy at the White House, has found herself at the center of those fights. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

The blockading country's navy must essentially pull over ships, like a traffic cop at sea. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026

The show began with a pre-recorded segment echoing Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho that featured Sam Elliott as an off-putting traffic cop. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026

The company twisted the knife with Super Bowl ads mocking OpenAI’s slop, and Altman fired back, sniping that Anthropic wanted to be the traffic cop of AI. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026

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