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Definition of "coast-guard" [coast-guard]

  • A guard stationed on the coast; specifically, in Great Britain, a body of men originally designed only to prevent smuggling as agents of the customs, and hence called the preventive service, but now employed as a general police force for the coast, under the charge of the Admiralty. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "coast-guard" in a sentence
  • "Even though diplomatic tensions between the two countries escalated after last month's collision of a Chinese trawler with Japanese coast-guard vessels, corporate ties linking China and Japan have never been stronger."
  • "A Chinese fisherman allegedly murdered a South Korean coast-guard officer last month after the officer attempted to stop the man from fishing in South Korean waters."
  • "Two coast-guard ships are trying to contain the oil spread, the statement said."
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