squadrol
n.— «As the squadrol was coming to take the prisoners downtown…Sgt. Williams abruptly called for quiet.…The squadrol arrived with its crew of two mildly curioous uniformed policemen.» —“Vice in Chicago” by Tom Hall Chicago Tribune Mar. 12, 1972. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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