police

Meaning

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.

Concepts

police

policeman

cop

police force

guard

constabulary

law

police officer

patrol

constable

control

font

military police

policy

policewoman

guardian

patrolman

militia

fuzz

soldiers

gendarme

i.e. the police

law enforcement authority

police authorities

guardian of peace

police constable

officer

pig

watch

man

protect

administer

clean up

contain

flatfoot

cover

invigilate

monitor

overlook

probate

proctor

prove

sit up

stay up

superintend

supervise

surveil

watch over

filth

bobby

crew

police department

police service

polis

popo

sinkhole

smurf

soldier

Hyphenated as

po‧lice

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈliːs/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Subsequently , he has given a statement to the police .

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