police barrier

English

Noun

police barrier (plural police barriers)

1. A barrier erected by the police, usually as a checkpoint.
   • 2000, Douglas Ranmuthugala, Tales of the Blue Elephant, page 124:

     The support structure was so good that if a vehicle sustained damage while running a police barrier, repairs were affected overnight, leaving no telltale traces.

Translations

barrier erected by the police

• German: Straßensperre der Polizei f, Kontrollstelle (der Polizei) f (formal)

See also

• crowd control barrier
• security barrier

Further reading

• “police barrier”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.