police procedural
a mystery novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work.
Origin of police procedural
1- Also called procedural.
Words Nearby police procedural
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How to use police procedural in a sentence
Along with its multicam sitcom and prestige drama modes, there are references to premium-cable soaps about posh women with man problems, like Big Little Lies and The Affair, plus some nods to police procedurals when cops enter the story.
AMC’s Kevin Can F**K Himself Squanders a Thrillingly Subversive Premise | Judy Berman | June 18, 2021 | TimeAbrams is a fan of police procedurals and Guy Fieri’s food game shows.
And in her spare time, Stacey Abrams wrote a thriller | Karen Heller | May 6, 2021 | Washington PostKenya’s first Showmax original series is a police procedural and legal drama inspired by real-life crime stories, reviving debate and discussion around controversies that might have otherwise faded from the news.
Kenya’s first Showmax original is keeping real-life crimes from being buried | Carlos Mureithi | March 24, 2021 | QuartzCorrectly estimating time of death looks so easy in fictional police procedurals, but it's one of the more challenging aspects of a forensic pathologist's job.
Scientists ID potential biomarkers to peg time of death for submerged corpses | Jennifer Ouellette | December 26, 2020 | Ars TechnicaThe Rage By Gene Kerrigan An Irish cop blurs the line between good and bad in this gripping police procedural.
In her hands, the hunt for bin Laden is essentially a police procedural, devoid of moral context.
British Dictionary definitions for police procedural
a novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work
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