SCOTLAND YARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scotland Yard mean? 

• SCOTLAND YARD (noun)
  The noun SCOTLAND YARD has 1 sense:

1. the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London

  Familiarity information: SCOTLAND YARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOTLAND YARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The detective department of the metropolitan police force of London

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

New Scotland Yard; Scotland Yard

Hypernyms ("Scotland Yard" is a kind of...):

constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)

 Context examples 

“Why, Gregson!” said my companion as he shook hands with the Scotland Yard detective.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I’ve been down to Scotland Yard, Mr. Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“This is Inspector Newcomen of Scotland Yard.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I should become the laughing-stock of Scotland Yard.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I think we should call at Scotland Yard for Inspector Gregson, and go straight out to Beckenham.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“This grows serious,” he observed, as we drove to Scotland Yard.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The local police had to be called in, they had to communicate with Scotland Yard, Hopkins had to go out, and he in turn had to send for me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Watson, I think you know Mr. Jones, of Scotland Yard? Let me introduce you to Mr. Merryweather, who is to be our companion in to-night’s adventure.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was an old acquaintance, Inspector Morton, of Scotland Yard, dressed in unofficial tweeds.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)