perp walk
noun/ˈpɜːp wɔːk/
/ˈpɜːrp wɔːk/
(North American English, informal)- the act of walking into or out of a police station, courthouse, etc., that the police force a person they have arrested to do, so that the media can show and report that the person has been arrestedTopics Crime and punishmentc2
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