traffic stop
noun
plural traffic stops
: an instance of police stopping a driver (as for speeding or a broken taillight)
She was pulled over for a routine traffic stop.
an officer making a traffic stop
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In Toledo, a misread contributed to a Black man being mauled by a police K-9 dog after a traffic stop.
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Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Bennett Lembke, a 34-year-old Caldwell resident, was arrested following a traffic stop in Thurston County, Washington, after Boise police identified him as the suspect and issued a warrant, the agency said in a news release Thursday evening.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
McLaughlin said that one of the men, Jose Herazo-Mexicanos, from Guatemala, was detained during a traffic stop.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
That's a 165% increase in traffic stops and a 242% increase in citations over the same time period in 2024.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Bennett Lembke, a 34-year-old Caldwell resident, was arrested following a traffic stop in Thurston County, Washington, after Boise police identified him as the suspect and issued a warrant, the agency said in a news release Thursday evening.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
McLaughlin said that one of the men, Jose Herazo-Mexicanos, from Guatemala, was detained during a traffic stop.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
That's a 165% increase in traffic stops and a 242% increase in citations over the same time period in 2024.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for traffic stop
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“Traffic stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20stop. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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