VERB + CODE
- break, crack, decipher
- The code was difficult to crack
- use, write in
- invent, make up
PREP
- in ~
- All the messages were in code
ADJ
- area, dialling
- What's the area code for Bath?
- post/postal
- bar, charge
- DNA, genetic
- binary (= a system of computer programming instructions)
- error (= on a computer)
ADJ
- strict
- ethical, moral
- civil, criminal, disciplinary, penal
- Highway
- the Highway Code (= the official rules for users of public roads in Britain)
- dress
VERB + CODE
- have
- devise, draw up, establish, formulate, lay down
- The company has drawn up a new disciplinary code
- comply with, follow
- break, infringe, violate
- He was thrown out for infringing the club's strict dress code
PHRASES
- a code of behaviour/conduct/ethics/honour/practice
- The profession has a strict code of practice