LAW AND ORDER


Meaning of LAW AND ORDER in English

a US television drama series, started in 1990, about a team of police detectives in New York who investigate serious crimes, especially murder, and a team of lawyers from the Manhattan district attorney ‘s office who prosecute (= charge sb with a crime in a court) the criminals.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.