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police

Sentences

An user

The police
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arrived at the scene thirty minutes later .

An user

Subsequently , he
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has given a

statement to the police
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.

An user

The whole police force standing on it's ear
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.

Meaning

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.

military police

i.e. the police

law enforcement authority

police authorities

guardian of peace

police constable

police department

Frequency

Hyphenated as

po‧lice

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈliːs/

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

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