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More cop-speak ...
"subject" instead of "person" or "suspect"
"male" or "female" instead of "man" or "woman"
I can't believe that the police are on the lookout for "a female subject" who is not a woman. Really! Are they looking for a "female subject" who might be a dog? No!
Yes, my point exactly. The more highfalutin diction is indeed less clear, less descriptive, and less precise than the plainer, five-cent words.
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