noun
CID
noun
1
An abbreviation used for various criminal investigation departments or divisions within police and military organizations.
"Detectives from the CID were called in to handle the robbery case."
"He spent twenty years in the CID before retiring from the force."
How to Use CID
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common abbreviation for a criminal investigation department, used by several different police forces and military bodies around the world.
UK vs US
In the UK, CID usually refers to plainclothes detective branches of local police forces; in the US it more often refers to the Army's Criminal Investigation Command.
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