How to Use Scotland Yard in a Sentence

Scotland Yard

noun
Definition of Scotland Yardnext
  • The case is being investigated by Scotland Yard.
  • There have been no arrests, Scotland Yard said in a statement.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Found with the help of Scotland Yard and the Pinkerton detective agency, she was brought back for trial.
    — Marcia Biederman, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In these three decades of publication, there’s been change both at Scotland Yard and on the domestic front.
    — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Two years ago, Scotland Yard detectives searched the farmhouse area for her remains, but found nothing, per Sky News.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Citing a report by Scotland Yard detailing the incident, the Times reports Fagan first entered a room on the ground floor of the palace on that fateful day.
    — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Spike' was a nickname sometimes used for the prince, particularly by Scotland Yard officers.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Less than 24 hours later we – the feminist direct action group Sisters Uncut – and a number of other groups called for people to come to Scotland Yard to protest the police's violent behaviour.
    — Sisters Uncut, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2021
  • After he was pronounced dead on Nov. 23, Scotland Yard launched a murder investigation.
    — Liza Foreman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Ably assisted by some friends — a maverick Scotland Yard detective and a female journalist determined to make a name for herself — Veronica and Stoker take death-defying risks in their quest to ensure the dead woman’s murderer is brought to justice.
    — Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Lewis was to help coordinate with Scotland Yard and Parliamentary investigators.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 6 June 2024
  • After going into hiding and living under blanket Scotland Yard protection for nine years, Rushdie gradually reëmerged in public with little or no visible security.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022

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