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cordon
noun as in badge
noun as in circle
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in gyre
noun as in ribbon
Example Sentences
It's been very quiet here this morning - not many up and about just yet - and a police cordon and vehicle remain outside the house.
But aside from those two the list of suspects stretched long enough to cordon off a soccer field.
"This defendant didn't move," the prosecutor said, adding an officer then "pushed him away from the officers' cordon, causing him to fall to the ground".
Police said officers "enforced cordons in the area to prevent a breach of the peace and three arrests were made".
Police said officers were maintaining a police cordon on Friday evening when a white car reportedly drove towards the officers, on the wrong side of the road.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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