hold-up squad
noun1
Government, Law enforcement A subsection of a police department specializing in apprehending violent and dangerous suspects.
- Amnesty International (AI) has found that allegations of torture and other forms of abuses by members of the hold-up squad of this city's police department are "substantial enough to justify an inquiry."1982 April 24, David Morris, “Torture in the North”, in Gay Community News, page 2: