Meaning of Serial | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
2. A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
3. A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.
   slang
4. A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.
   UK

Equivalents

Examples

“Go to these sites for serials, cracks and keygens.”

“The practice, especially among members of shield serials, of 'whooping like cowboys and indians' and beating of truncheons on riot shields must cease as this tends to frighten and intimidate rioters.”

“The serials worked in pairs, one with long shields and one with short shields.”

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