n. the police; the metropolitan police. (Not used in all metropolitan areas.)
The metros took ten minutes to get to the scene of the crime, and the entire city is enraged.The metros showed up and managed traffic for the fire company.
metro
An underground railway transit system typically serving metropolitan cities. A term more common in Europe, due to the prevalence of such railway systems there. The only place I could afford in Paris was nowhere near the metro, so it takes a long time to commute into work.
metros
(ˈmɛtroz)
n. the police; the metropolitan police. (Not used in all metropolitan areas.) The metros took ten minutes to get to the scene of the crime, and the entire city is enraged.