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squad
Universal Words
pl.v.]
1 a section of a police force that deals with a particular type of crime:
the drugs / fraud squad * an anti-terrorist squad
seealsoFLYINGSQUAD
2 (in sport) a group of players or competitors from which a team is chosen for a particular game or match:
the Olympic / national squad * They still have not named their squad for the World Cup qualifier * the under-21 squad * a 15-man squad
3 a small group of soldiers working or being trained together
seealsoFIRINGSQUAD
4 a group of people who kill their opponents, usually for political reasons:
a death / hit / assassination squad
