police

po·lice  (p-ls)

n. pl. police

1. The governmental department charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of a community, now chiefly the department established to maintain order, enforce the law, and prevent and detect crime.

2.

a. A body of persons making up such a department, trained in methods of law enforcement and crime prevention and detection and authorized to maintain the peace, safety, and order of the community.

b. A body of persons having similar organization and function: campus police. Also called police force.

3. (used with a pl. verb) Police officers considered as a group.

4. Regulation and control of the affairs of a community, especially with respect to maintenance of order, law, health, morals, safety, and other matters affecting the public welfare.

5. Informal A group that admonishes, cautions, or reminds: grammar police; fashion police.

6.

a. The cleaning of a military base or other military area: Police of the barracks must be completed before inspection.

b. The soldiers assigned to a specified maintenance duty.

tr.v. po·liced, po·lic·ing, po·lic·es

1. To regulate, control, or keep in order with or as if with a law enforcement agency.

2. To make (a military area, for example) neat in appearance: policed the barracks.

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[French, from Old French policie, civil organization, from Late Latin polta, from Latin, the State, from Greek polteia, from polts, citizen, from polis, city; see pel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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po·licea·ble adj.

po·licer n.

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police

Noun

1. (often preceded by the)the organized civil force in a state which keeps law and order

2. the men and women who are members of such a force

3. an organized body with a similar function: security police

Verb

[-licing, -liced]

to maintain order or control by means of a police force or similar body [French, from Latin politia administration]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	police - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" constabulary, police force, law personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" European Law Enforcement Organisation, Europol - police organization for the European Union; aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces gendarmerie, gendarmery - French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively Mutawa, Mutawa'een - religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded Mounties, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police - the federal police force of Canada New Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard - the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London secret police - a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) Schutzstaffel, SS - special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws posse, posse comitatus - a temporary police force police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
Verb	1.	police - maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol patrol guard - to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses"

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police

noun 1. the law, (informal) police force, constabulary, fuzz (slang) law enforcement agency, boys in blue (informal) the Old Bill (slang) rozzers (slang)

verb 2. control, patrol, guard, watch, protect, regulate, keep the peace, keep in order

verb 3. monitor, check, observe, oversee, supervise

Translations

police [pəˈliːs] n → policía

vt [+ streets, city, frontier] → vigilar

police [pəˈliːs] npl → police f

vt → maintenir l'ordre dans;

a large number of police were hurt → de nombreux policiers ont été blessés

police [pəˈliːs] npl (organization) → Polizei f;

(members) → Polizisten pl, Polizeikräfte pl

vt [+ street, area, town] → kontrollieren;

a large number of police were hurt → viele Polizeikräfte wurden verletzt

police [pəˈliːs] n → polizia

vt → mantenere l'ordine in [+ streets, city, frontier]; presidiare;

a large number of police were hurt → molti poliziotti sono rimasti feriti

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police

n pl police [pəˈliːs]

the men and women whose job is to prevent crime, keep order, see that laws are obeyed etc Call the police!; The police are investigating the matter; (also adjective ) the police force, a police officer.polisieشُرْطَهполицияpolicie; policejnípoliti; politi-die Polizei; Polizei-...αστυνομίαpolicíapolitseiافراد پلیسpoliisi(de) policeמִשטָרָהपुलिसpolicija,redarstvorendőrségpolisilögreglapolizia; di polizia警察경찰관(의)policijapolicijapolispolitiepolitipolicja, policjancipolícia(de) poliţieполиция; полицейскиеpolícia; policajnýpolicijapolicijapolisตำรวจpolis警察поліціяپولسcảnh sát警察

v

to supply (a place) with police We cannot police the whole area.polisieerيُحافِظ على الأمن، يُزوِّد بالشُّرْطَهподдържам ред с полицияobsadit policiípatruljereüberwachenαστυνομεύωvigilar, mantener el ordenpolitseiga varustamaپاسبانی کردنvalvoaenvoyer des agentsלַעֲשוֹת פְּעוּלַת שִׁיטוּרनिगरानी रखनाdržati red,stegu (pomoću policije)fenntartja a rendet (országban)menyediakan tenaga polisiannast löggæslu í(presidiare con la polizia), sorvegliare警官を配す경찰력으로 (...의) 치안을 유지하다apstatyti policijanodrošināt ar policijumenempatkan polisonder politiebewaking stellenutføre polititjeneste; holde ro og ordenobsadzać policjantamipoliciara supra­vegheaобеспечивать полицейской охранойnasadiť políciunadzorovati, skrbeti za redpostaviti policijubevaka, kontrollera, övervakaรักษาความสงบเรียบร้อยgüvenliği sağlamak在...設置警察забезпечувати поліцієюپولس مہيا کرناgiữ trật tự在...设置警察

police dog

a dog trained to work with policemen (in tracking criminals, finding drugs etc). polisiehondكَلْب الشُّرْطَهполицейско кучеpolicejní pespolitihundder Polizeihundαστυνομικός σκύλοςperro policíapolitseikoerسگ پلیسpoliisikoirachien policierכֶּלֶב מִשטָרָהपुलिस का कुत्ताpolicijski pasrendőrkutyaanjing polisilögregluhundurcane poliziotto警察犬경찰견tarnybinis šuopolicijas sunsanjing polispolitiehondpolitihundpies policyjnycão políciacâine poliţistполицейская собакаpolicajný pespolicijski pespolicijski paspolishundสุนัขตำรวจpolis köpeği警犬поліцейська собакаپولس کا کھوجي کتاcảnh khuyển警犬

nouns poˈliceman, *poˈlicewoman

a member of the police. polisiemanشُرْطيполицайpolicista, -tkapolitibetjentder/die Polizist(in)αστυνομικός, αστυνομικίναpolicía, agente de policíapolitseinikپلیسpoliisipolicier/-ièreשוֹטֵר, שוֹטֶרֶת.सिपाहीpolicajac,redarstvenik(köz)rendőrpolisilögreglumaður/-konapoliziotto, poliziotta警察官경찰관policininkas, policininkėpolicists; policisteanggota polispolitieagent(e)politimann/-kvinne/-betjentpolicjant, policjantkapolíciapoliţistполицейский, женщина-полицейскийpolicajt, -kapolicist, policistkapolicajacpolis, polismanตำรวจ(erkek/kadın) polis (memuru)男、女警察полісменپولس کا آدميnhân viên cảnh sát男、女警察

police station

the office or headquarters of a local police force The lost dog was taken to the police station.polisiestasieمَحَطَّة شُرْطَهполицейскло управлениеpolicejní stanicepolitistationdas Polizeirevierαστυνομικό τμήμαcomisaríapolitseijaoskondکلانتریpoliisiasemaposte de policeתַּחֲנַת מִשטָרָהपुलिस स्टेशनpolicijska stanica,redarstvena postaja(rendőr)őrszoba, rendőrségkantor polisilögreglustöðposto di polizia, commissariato警察署경찰서policijos nuovadapolicijas iecirknisbalai polispolitiebureaupolitistasjonpolisaesquadra da políciasecţie/comisariat de poli­ţieполицейский участокpolicajná stanicapolicijska postajapolicijska stanicapolisstationสถานีตำรวจkarakol警察局поліцейський відділокتھانہđồn cảnh sát警察局