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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The woman’s ex-boyfriend, Eduardo Magana, 48, was detained during a traffic stop in the city of South Gate in Los Angeles County, where San Diego detectives had gone to find him, homicide Lt. Arturo Swadener said in a news release.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2025
Andres Mogollon, originally from Colombia, was arrested following a traffic stop in Los Angeles, the FBI's Los Angeles division said Thursday on social media.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
Two Connecticut men were arrested Friday after police allegedly found multiple narcotics and weapons, including a ghost gun, during a traffic stop in West Hartford.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon was taken into custody Thursday in Los Angeles after a traffic stop in the Silver Lake neighborhood, the FBI’s Los Angeles Office wrote on X. Homeland Security Investigations assisted in the arrest.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2025
Andres Mogollon, originally from Colombia, was arrested following a traffic stop in Los Angeles, the FBI's Los Angeles division said Thursday on social media.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
Two Connecticut men were arrested Friday after police allegedly found multiple narcotics and weapons, including a ghost gun, during a traffic stop in West Hartford.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon was taken into custody Thursday in Los Angeles after a traffic stop in the Silver Lake neighborhood, the FBI’s Los Angeles Office wrote on X. Homeland Security Investigations assisted in the arrest.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
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“Traffic stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20stop. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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