armed and dangerous
Packing heat, volatile
Armed and dangerous is a law enforcement warning that a suspect is carrying a weapon and likely to use it.
The phrase appears in police bulletins, news reports, and crime dramas: The suspect is considered armed and dangerous; do not approach.
It has become shorthand for any serious threat requiring caution.
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- deadly forceViolence intended to kill
- explosivesDetonating substances
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
on the run · standoff · rifles · SWAT team · law enforcement · pistols · shotguns · ammunition · active shooter · aggression · at large · police chase · wanted poster · escalation · body armor · warrant · suspect · arrest
- public alertsemergency broadcast, wireless alert, text alert, civil emergency, terror alert
- fugitivesfugitive, escapee, escaped convict, runaway, prison escapee
- police radio10-4, APB, BOLO, copy, copy that
- criminal traitsconvicted, guilty, accused, arrested, wanted
armed and dangerousharmless
Causing no injury
safe · non-threatening · all clear · low risk · innocuous
armed and dangerousunarmed
Having no weapons
weaponless · disarmed · defenseless · empty-handed · unequipped
armed and dangerouspeaceful
Free from disturbance
harmless · docile · compliant · cooperative · non-violent
armed, arming, armament, armaments, armory, armored, armour, armoury, armoured