police

(Inglés)

Noun

1. (plural, plural-normally) A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly
2. (Canada, US, historical, plural, plural-normally) A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly
3. (UK, plural, plural-normally) A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly
4. (Australia, New-Zealand, plural, plural-normally) A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly
5. (plural, plural-normally, plural-only, usually) The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer.
6. (derogatory, figuratively, ironic, mildly, plural, plural-normally, usually) People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
7. (plural, plural-normally, slang) Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
8. (archaic, plural, plural-normally) Synonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society.
9. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete, plural, plural-normally) Alternative form of policy.
10. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete, plural, plural-normally) Alternative form of polity, civilization, a regulated community.

Verb

1. (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
2. (ambitransitive, slang) To clean up an area.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To enforce norms or standards upon.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/pəˈliːs/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Middle French police, from Latin polītīa (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Doublet of policy and polity.

Sinónimos

policeman

👮‍♂️

cop

👮

constabulary

guard

💂

police force

police officer

👮

law

patrol

constable

control

gendarme

policewoman

👮‍♀️

guardian

military police

policy

militia

font

soldiers

patrolman

fuzz

prove

sinkhole

sit up

smurf

soldier

stay up

superintend

supervise

watch

⌚

watch over

i.e. the police

law enforcement authority

police authorities

guardian of peace

surveil

police service

contain

popo

administer

bobby

clean up

cover

crew

filth

flatfoot

invigilate

man

👨

monitor

officer

overlook

Traducións

police

👮

policía

Polizei

👮

polizia

politie

👮

policier

👮

polícia

👮

policja

αστυνομία

policia

👮

polis

👮

polîs

👮

Polizist

👮

policial

👮

guardia

Frases

The police arrived at the scene thirty minutes later .

Subsequently , he has given a statement to the police .

The whole police force standing on it's ear .

Vann knows that the police will eventually tie the murders to him .

Prosecutions of decency are primarily carried out or initiated by the federal police .

The Latvian State Police is the official national police agency of Latvia .