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

Examples of traffic stop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But off the field, the detention – as well as police interactions with two other Dolphins players – has led to a public back-and-forth between the NFL team and local police and has renewed the debate over how law enforcement handles traffic stops and interacts with members of the public. —

George Ramsay, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024 Memphis Police Department via AP Nichols, who was Black, died in a hospital on Jan. 10, 2023, three days after he was kicked, punched and hit with a police baton during the traffic stop on Jan. 7. —

CBS News, 9 Sep. 2024 According to the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Cody Williams executed a traffic stop on Interstate 10 on Wednesday, July 31. —

Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024 Glendale police attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle, but Oberst managed to evade police. —

Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for traffic stop

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