English Explanatory Dictionary

police procedural

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. Unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story.

Word forms

police procedural police procedurals

Related words

whodunit whodunnit
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