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- DictionarySWAT team/ˈswät ˌtēm/
noun
- 1. a group of elite police marksmen who specialize in high-risk tasks such as hostage rescue.
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In the United States, a SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is generic term for a law enforcement unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to handle riot control or violent confrontations with criminals, the number and usage of SWAT teams increased in the 1980s and 1990s during the War on Drugs and later in the aftermath of the... Wikipedia