police dog


noun

a dog trained to assist the police.

Origin of police dog

First recorded in 1905–10

Example sentences from the Web for police dog

  • For example, he can't bear dogs, because once a police-dog took him for an ordinary thief.

    Ditte: Girl Alive! |Martin Andersen Nexo

British Dictionary definitions for police dog

police dog

noun

a dog, often a German shepherd dog, trained to help the police, as in tracking