police

Betekenis

Noun

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

Verb

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

Met koppelteken als

po‧lice

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pəˈliːs/

Etymologie

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

Zinnen

Subsequently , he has given a statement to the police .

Vervolgens heeft hij een verklaring aan de politie gegeven.

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

Vann weet dat de politie uiteindelijk de moorden aan hem zal koppelen.