(UK, police) A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.
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(UK, police) A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.
An accident involving a police car is known as a 'polac', and is investigated 'independently' by the area traffic department rather than by the division to which the driver belongs.
"polac" means a road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"polac" means a road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
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"polac" is informal English meaning a road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle. It is mainly heard in British English (and Irish English). A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "a road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "polac" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
“The village lies at an elevation of 640–680 m above sea level and covers a total cadastral area of 2,195 hectares.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polac#cite_note-Stamenkovic81-2) Polac is traditionally divided into historical neighborhoods or mahalas, which are named after the local Albanian clan families and landmarks: Xhamia, Gruda, Kerolli, Koci, Veliu, Hoti, Kabashi and Zani.”
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(British, informal, derogatory) A policeman (implying that he is dull and slow).