noun
General Slang
the sweeney
· noun · police
The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad.
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The Met's Flying Squad — the armed-robbery and serious-crime unit that historically chased blaggers across London.
“Bank job that ambitious? Sweeney would've been on them inside a week.”
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the sweeney In A Sentence
Bank job that ambitious? Sweeney would've been on them inside a week.
Origin & Usage
Cockney rhyming slang: Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad. Cemented in the public ear by the 1970s ITV series The Sweeney with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman.
Variants
sweeney
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