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

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Most of the women were pulled over for traffic stops, the office said. —

Austin Mullen, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers confiscated more than 175 pounds of the drug during a traffic stop involving a Dodge Ram pickup on IH-35 in Webb Country. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 According to an arrest warrant reviewed by PEOPLE, Thomas was taken into custody on Sept. 30 in Texas after police claimed he was found driving Abraham’s vehicle and tried to flee during a traffic stop. —

Nicole Acosta, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024 The pursuit began at about 7:47 p.m. Monday on the 900 block of West Meinecke Avenue after officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop for a registration violation. —

Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for traffic stop