Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretextual stop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: pre-tex-tu-al stop
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The stopping by police of a motor vehicle in the case of a minor infringement of the law, in order to investigate other suspected criminal activity.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

pretextual stops (plural)

Synonyms

pretextual arrest

Questions

What does pretextual stop mean?: The stopping by police of a motor vehicle in the case of a minor infringement of the law, in order to investigate other suspected criminal activity.

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