blue uniform
Officer's standard dress
A blue uniform is the standard dress of police officers in many jurisdictions, making the phrase a metonym for law enforcement itself.
The color has become so associated with policing that blue alone can reference officers: boys in blue, thin blue line.
Blue uniforms also appear in other contexts—military, postal, athletic—but the police association dominates.
- navyMaritime military force
- policeCivil law enforcement
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- police officerLaw enforcement agent
- soldierArmed forces member
air force · military · badge · brass · brass buttons · buttons · crisp · starched · dress · patrol · serviceman · sailor · cadet · military academy · sergeant · squadron · inspection · standing at attention
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- cop filmsBeverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, Hot Fuzz, RoboCop, Dirty Harry
- patrolpatrol officer, foot patrol, patrol car, patrol route, routine patrol
- Cub ScoutsAkela, Baloo, Webelos, den, pack
blue uniformplainclothes
Civilian dress for officers
plain clothes · street clothes · mufti · civvies · casual wear
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