traffic stop
noun
plural traffic stops
: an instance of police stopping a driver (as for speeding or a broken taillight)
She was pulled over for a routine traffic stop.
an officer making a traffic stop
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Court documents don't specify where McDaniel was over the next 10 days, but on July 22 he was arrested by Indiana State Police during a traffic stop in New Palestine.
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 30 July 2025
The mayor of a Florida city where a viral video was recorded showing an officer punching a male driver in the face during a traffic stop has described the incident as disturbing and called on due process to run its course.
—Michael Dorgan , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
On July 17, he was taken into custody during a traffic stop, police said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
The suspect in the shooting, identified by police as 18-year-old John Fuentes, was taken into custody hours after the shooting during a traffic stop in Los Lunas, New Mexico, about 25 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico State Police said during a news conference Friday evening.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 July 2025
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 30 July 2025
The mayor of a Florida city where a viral video was recorded showing an officer punching a male driver in the face during a traffic stop has described the incident as disturbing and called on due process to run its course.
—Michael Dorgan , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
On July 17, he was taken into custody during a traffic stop, police said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
The suspect in the shooting, identified by police as 18-year-old John Fuentes, was taken into custody hours after the shooting during a traffic stop in Los Lunas, New Mexico, about 25 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico State Police said during a news conference Friday evening.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 July 2025
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“Traffic stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20stop. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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