police dog

noun

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1
: a dog trained to assist police (as in drug detection)
2
: german shepherd

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Charlotte Estrada-Pepper, a minor, is getting an $85,000 payout because she was bitten by a police dog when her uncle, a San Diego police officer, failed to lock a vehicle with the dog inside. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025 Investigators and deputies with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office were at the scene, along with police dogs trained to uncover human bodies, after the blaze. — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025 Sacramento County has agreed to pay $755,000 to a man who was attacked by a Sheriff’s Office police dog while riding his bike, court documents show. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025 Following reconstruction, Jim Crow laws went into effect, sparking a movement in which peaceful Black protesters were brutally beaten by law enforcement, attacked by police dogs, assaulted with high-pressure fire hoses, and even lynched. — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for police dog

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First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of police dog was in 1836

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police dog

noun
1
: a dog trained to help police (as in drug detection)
2
: german shepherd

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