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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 [pəˈliːs]

n

1. (Law)

a.  (often preceded by the) the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc.

b.  (as modifier) a police inquiry

2. (Law) (functioning as plural) the members of such a force collectively

3. any organized body with a similar function security police

4. (Law) Archaic

a.  the regulation and control of a community, esp in regard to the enforcement of law, the prevention of crime, etc.

b.  the department of government concerned with this

vb (tr)

1. (Law) to regulate, control, or keep in order by means of a police or similar force

2. to observe or record the activity or enforcement of a committee was set up to police the new agreement on picketing

3. (Military) US to make or keep (a military camp, etc.) clean and orderly

[via French from Latin polītīa administration, government; see polity]

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

the law (informal), police force, constabulary, fuzz (slang), law enforcement agency, boys in blue (informal), the Old Bill (slang), rozzers (slang) The police have arrested twenty people following the disturbances.

verb

1. control, patrol, guard, watch, protect, regulate, keep the peace, keep in order the UN force whose job it is to police the border

2. monitor, check, observe, oversee, supervise the body which polices the investment management business

Translations

police [pəˈliːs]

A. NPL → policía fsing
to join the police → hacerse policía
more than a hundred police were called in → más de cien policías hicieron acto de presencia

B. VT [+ frontier] → vigilar, patrullar por; [+ area] → mantener el orden público en; [+ process] → vigilar, controlar
the frontier is policed by UN patrols → la frontera la vigilan las patrullas de la ONU
the area used to be policed by Britain → la zona estaba antes bajo control de Gran Bretaña

C. CPD → de policía
police brutality N → violencia f policial
police captain N (US) → subjefe mf
police car N → coche m de policía
police constable N (Brit) → guardia mf, policía mf
police court N → tribunal m de policía, tribunal m correccional
police custody N in police custody → bajo custodia policial
police department N (US) → policía f
police dog N → perro m policía
police escort N → escolta f policial
police force N → cuerpo m de policía
police inspector N → inspector(a) m/f de policía
police officer N → guardia mf, policía mf
police protection N → protección f policial
police record N → antecedentes mpl penales
police state N → estado m policía
police station N → comisaría f
police work N → trabajo m policial or de la policía

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police [pəˈliːs]

n (= organization) → police f
We called the police → Nous avons appelé la police.

npl (= police officers) → policiers mpl
A large number of police were hurt → De nombreux policiers ont été blessés.

vt

[+ area] → maintenir l'ordre dans; [+ event] → maintenir l'ordre pendant
The march was heavily policed
BUT Il y avait une forte présence policière lors de la manifestation.

[+ border] → surveiller

(= oversee) [+ law,] → veiller à l'application de; [+ area of public life] → contrôler

modif [action, activity, brutality, harassment, inquiry] → policier/ère police cell, police helicopter, police presence
police car n → voiture f de police
police cell n → cellule dans un poste de police)f >
police chief n

(British) → préfet m (de police)

(US) → (commissaire m) divisionnaire m
police constable n (British) → agent m de police
police department n (US) → services mpl de police
the police department → les services de police
police dog n → chien m policier
police force n → police f
police headquarters npl → quartier m général de la police
police helicopter n → hélicoptère m de la police
police inspector n → inspecteur/trice m/f de police

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police

n (+sing vb, = institution, +pl vb, = policemen) → Polizei f; to join the police → zur Polizei gehen; he is in or a member of the police → er ist bei der Polizei; all police leave was cancelled → allen Polizisten wurde der Urlaub gesperrt; hundreds of police → hunderte or Hunderte von Polizisten; extra police were called in → es wurden zusätzliche Polizeikräfte angefordert; three police were injured → drei Polizeibeamte or Polizisten wurden verletzt

vt road, frontier, territory → kontrollieren; agreement, pop concert → überwachen, kontrollieren; to police the peace → den Frieden überwachen; a heavily policed area → ein Gebiet nt → mit hoher Polizeidichte

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police:

police car

n → Polizeiwagen m

police constable

n (Brit) → Polizist(in) m(f), → Wachtmeister(in) m(f) (form)

police court

n → ˜ Polizeigericht nt

police dog

n → Polizeihund m

police escort

n → Polizeieskorte f

police force

n → Polizei f; one of the best-equipped polices in the world → eine der bestausgestatteten Polizeitruppen der Welt

police headquarters

n sing or pl → Polizeipräsidium nt

policeman

n → Polizist m

police message

n (Rad) → Durchsage f → der Polizei

police officer

n → Polizeibeamte(r) mf

police presence

n → Polizeiaufgebot nt

police protection

n → Polizeischutz m

police record

n → Vorstrafen pl; to have a police → vorbestraft sein

police state

n → Polizeistaat m

police station

n → (Polizei)wache f → or -revier nt

police supervision

n → Polizeiaufsicht f

policewoman

n → Polizistin f

police work

n → Polizeiarbeit f; (= investigation) → polizeiliche Nachforschungen pl

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police [pəˈliːs]

1. npl (organization) → polizia fsg; (policemen) → poliziotti mpl
the railway/river police → la polizia ferroviaria/fluviale
a large number of police were hurt → molti poliziotti sono rimasti feriti
the police have caught him → è stato preso dalla polizia
extra police were brought in → sono state fatte intervenire forze di polizia supplementari
to join the police → arruolarsi nella polizia

2. vt (streets, city, frontier) → presidiare (fig) (agreements, prices) → controllare
to police a football match → presidiare lo stadio durante un incontro di calcio

3. adj (escort, protection) → di agenti di polizia

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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. polisie شُرْطَه полиция policie; policejní politi; politi- die Polizei; Polizei-... αστυνομία policía politsei افراد پلیس poliisi (de) police מִשטָרָה पुलिस policija,redarstvo rendőrség polisi lögregla polizia; di polizia 警察 경찰 policija policija polis politie politi policja, policjanci polícia (de) poliţie полиция; полицейские polícia; policajný policija policija polis ตำรวจ polis 警察 поліція پولس cảnh sát 警察

v

to supply (a place) with police We cannot police the whole area. polisieer يُحافِظ على الأمن، يُزوِّد بالشُّرْطَه поддържам ред с полиция obsadit policií patruljere überwachen αστυνομεύω vigilar, mantener el orden politseiga varustama پاسبانی کردن sijoittaa poliiseja envoyer des agents לַעֲשוֹת פְּעוּלַת שִׁיטוּר निगरानी रखना držati red,stegu (pomoću policije) fenntartja a rendet (országban) menyediakan tenaga polisi annast löggæslu í (presidiare con la polizia), sorvegliare 警官を配す 치안을 위지 하다 apstatyti policija nodrošināt ar policiju menempatkan polis onder politiebewaking stellen utføre polititjeneste; holde ro og orden obsadzać policjantami policiar a supra­veghea обеспечивать полицейской охраной nasadiť políciu nadzorovati, skrbeti za red postaviti policiju bevaka, kontrollera, övervaka รักษาความสงบเรียบร้อย güvenliği sağlamak 在...派駐警察 забезпечувати поліцією پولس مہيا کرنا giữ trật tự 在...设置警察

police dog

a dog trained to work with policemen (in tracking criminals, finding drugs etc). polisiehond كَلْب الشُّرْطَه полицейско куче policejní pes politihund der Polizeihund αστυνομικός σκύλος perro policía politseikoer سگ پلیس poliisikoira chien policier כֶּלֶב מִשטָרָה पुलिस का कुत्ता policijski pas rendőrkutya anjing polisi lögregluhundur cane poliziotto 警察犬 경찰견 tarnybinis šuo policijas suns anjing polis politiehond politihund pies policyjny cão polícia câine poliţist полицейская собака policajný pes policijski pes policijski pas polishund สุนัขตำรวจ polis köpeği 警犬 поліцейська собака پولس کا کھوجي کتا cảnh khuyển 警犬

nouns poˈliceman, poˈlicewoman

a member of the police. polisieman شُرْطي полицай policista, -tka politibetjent der/die Polizist(in) αστυνομικός, αστυνομικίνα policía, agente de policía politseinik پلیس poliisi policier/-ière שוֹטֵר, שוֹטֶרֶת .सिपाही policajac,redarstvenik (köz)rendőr polisi lögreglumaður/-kona poliziotto, poliziotta 警察官 경찰관 policininkas, policininkė policists; policiste anggota polis politieagent(e) politimann/-kvinne/-betjent policjant, policjantka polícia poliţist полицейский, женщина-полицейский policajt, -ka policist, policistka policajac polis, polisman ตำรวจ (erkek/kadın) polis (memuru) 男、女警察 полісмен پولس کا آدمي nhân 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. polisiestasie مَحَطَّة شُرْطَه полицейскло управление policejní stanice politistation das Polizeirevier αστυνομικό τμήμα comisaría politseijaoskond کلانتری poliisiasema poste de police תַּחֲנַת מִשטָרָה पुलिस स्टेशन policijska stanica,redarstvena postaja (rendőr)őrszoba, rendőrség kantor polisi lögreglustöð posto di polizia, commissariato 警察署 경찰서 policijos nuovada policijas iecirknis balai polis politiebureau politistasjon polisa esquadra da polícia secţie/comisariat de poli­ţie полицейский участок policajná stanica policijska postaja policijska stanica polisstation สถานีตำรวจ karakol 警察局 поліцейський відділок تھانہ đồn cảnh sát 警察局

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police → شُرْطَة policie politi Polizei αστυνομία policía poliisivoimat police policija polizia 警察 경찰 politie politi policja polícia полиция polis ตำรวจ polis cảnh sát 警察