police procedural

noun

plural police procedurals

: a mystery story written from the point of view of the police investigating the crime

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Interior Chinatown keeps that concept; here, the characters are, in turn, characters in a police procedural called Black and White, clearly modeled on the Law and Order franchise. —

Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024 Like a shoddy police procedural with an easily-recognizable bad guy—the unshaven one with the heavy accent—the Christmas story has one villain in particular. —

N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024 The tense police procedural takes place in a small town that knows how to keep secrets, if not always for the right reasons. —

Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 Blue Bloods airs its finale tonight on CBS, and to celebrate 14 seasons, the cast of the police procedural — including Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, and Donnie Wahlberg — are taking a trip down memory lane. —

Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for police procedural

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of police procedural was in 1963

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