police

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

politie

👮

politieman

politieagent

👮

agent

👮

officier

politieagente

oppasser

diender

toezicht houden op

wout

Hermandad

juut

agente

bewaken

in toom houden

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

police

👮

policía

Polizei

👮

polizia

policier

👮

polícia

👮

αστυνομία

policia

👮

polis

👮

polîs

👮

Polizist

👮

policial

👮

guardia

αστυνομεύω

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pəˈliːs/

Etymologie (Engels)

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

Zinnen

The police arrived at the scene thirty minutes later .

De politie arriveerde dertig minuten later ter plaatse.

Subsequently , he has given a statement to the police .

Vervolgens heeft hij een verklaring aan de politie gegeven.

The whole police force standing on it's ear .

De hele politie staat op zijn oor.

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

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

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 .