squad

/skwɒd/ noun [C]

Definition

bomb/drug/fraud, etc squad › a group of police officers who have special skills to deal with particular problems

death/firing/hit, etc squad › a group of people who are trained to kill, usually with guns

› a sports team: the England rugby squad

(Definition of squad noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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