police

po·lice

 (pə-lēs′)

n. pl. police

1. (used with a pl. verb)

a. A body of government employees 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 with a similar organization and function: campus police. Also called police force.

2. Archaic 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.

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

4.

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 a law enforcement agency or other official group.

2.

a. To impose one's viewpoint or beliefs regarding, especially in an authoritarian way: policing others' comments by implementing speech codes.

b. To critique in a presumptuous or arrogant manner: policed the grammar of everyone who commented on the blog post.

3. 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 polītīa, from Latin, the State, from Greek polīteia, from polītēs, citizen, from polis, city; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]

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po·lice′a·ble adj.

po·lic′er n.

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police

(pəˈliːs)

n

1. (Law)

a. the police 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)

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

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

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

[C16: via French from Latin polītīa administration, government; see polity]

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po•lice

(pəˈlis)

n., v. -liced, -lic•ing. n.

1. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.

2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force.

3. the regulation and control of a community, esp. for the maintenance of public order, safety, morals, health, etc.

4. the department of a government concerned with this, esp. with the maintenance of order.

5. any body of people employed to keep order, enforce regulations, etc.

6. people who seek to regulate a specified behavior, activity, practice, etc.: the language police.

7.

a. the cleaning and keeping clean of a military camp, post, etc.

b. the cleanliness of a camp, post, etc.

v.t.

8. to regulate, control, or keep in order by or as if by means of police.

9. to clean and keep clean (a military camp, post, etc.).

[1520–30; < Middle French: government, civil administration, police < Late Latin polītia citizenship, government, for Latin polītīa; see polity]

pron: Many English words exemplify the original stress rule of Old English and other early Germanic languages, according to which all parts of speech were stressed on the first syllable, except for prefixed verbs, which were stressed on the syllable immediately following the prefix. Although loanwords that exhibit other stress patterns have since been incorporated into English, the older stress pattern remains operative to some degree. For South Midland and Midland U.S. speakers in particular, shifting the stress in borrowed nouns to the first syllable is still an active process, yielding (ˈpoʊ lis) for police and (ˈdi trɔɪt) for Detroit, as well as cement, cigar, guitar, insurance, umbrella, and idea said as (ˈsi mɛnt) (ˈsi gɑr) (ˈgɪt ɑr) (ˈɪn ʃʊər əns) (ˈʌm brɛl ə) and (ˈaɪ di^ə)

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police

The police are the official organization responsible for making sure that people obey the law. They also protect people and property and arrest criminals.

He called the police to report a robbery.

Contact the police if you see anything suspicious.

Police is a plural noun. You use a plural form of a verb after it.

The police were called to the scene of the crime.

Be Careful!
Don't refer to an individual member of the police force as a 'police'. You usually refer to him or her as a police officer. You can also say policeman or policewoman.

A police officer stood outside the building.

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police

Past participle: policed
Gerund: policing

Imperative

police

police

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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) 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

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police

noun

A member of a law-enforcement agency:

bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, policeman, police officer, policewoman.

Informal: cop, law.

Slang: bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase).

Chiefly British: bobby, constable, peeler.

verb

1. To maintain or keep in order with or as if with police:

patrol.

2. To make or keep (an area) clean and orderly:

clean (up), clear (up), neaten (up), spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up).

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Translations

شُرْطَةشُرْطَهيُحافِظ على الأمن، يُزوِّد بالشُّرْطَه

полиция

policieosadit policiípolicejní

politipatruljere

Polizeiüberwachen

αστυνομίααστυνομεύω

policíavigilarmantener el ordenrondar

politsei

poliisipoliisivoimat

policepolicier

policijamilicija

rendőrség

annast löggæslu ílögreglalögreglan

poliziapoliziescopresidiare

警察

경찰

apstatyti policijapolicijapolicijos nuovadapolicininkėtarnybinis šuo

policijanodrošināt ar policiju

politie

politiutføre polititjenesteholde ro og orden

policja

polícia

politia

милицияполицейскийполиция

nasadiť políciupolicajnýpolícia

policija

polis

ตำรวจ

polisgüvenliği sağlamak

cảnh sát

警察在...设置警察

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 presencepolice car n → voiture f de policepolice cell n → cellule f (dans un poste de police)police chief n

(British) → préfet m (de police)

(US) → (commissaire m) divisionnaire mpolice constable n (British) → agent m de policepolice department n (US) → services mpl de police
the police department → les services de policepolice dog n → chien m policierpolice force n → police fpolice headquarters npl → quartier m général de la policepolice helicopter n → hélicoptère m de la policepolice 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

(pəˈliːs) noun plural

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 polícia policie; policejní die Polizei; Polizei-... politi; politi- αστυνομίαpolicía politsei افراد پلیس poliisi policeמשטרה पुलिस policija, redarstvo rendőrség polisi lögregla polizia; di polizia 警察 경찰 policija policija polis politiepolitipolicja, policjanci پوليس polícia (de) poliţie полиция; полицеиские polícia; policajný policija policija polis ตำรวจ polis 警察 поліція پولس cảnh sát 警察

verb

to supply (a place) with police. We cannot police the whole area. polisieer يُحافِظ على الأمن، يُزوِّد بالشُّرْطَه поддържам ред с полиция policiar obsadit policií überwachen patruljere αστυνομεύωvigilar, 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 , 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 ساتنه كول 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 cão policial policejní pes der Polizeihund politihund 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 د پوليس سپى 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

poˈliceman, poˈlicewoman nouns

a member of the police. polisieman شُرْطي полицай policial policista, -tka der/die Polizist(in) politibetjent αστυνομικός, αστυνομικίναpolicía, agente de policía politseinik پلیس poliisi policier/-ière שוטר, שוטרת .सिपाही policajac, redarstvenik (köz)rendőr polisi lögreglumaður/-kona poliziotto, poliziotta 警察官 경찰관 policininkas, policininkė policists; policiste anggota polis politieagent politimann/-kvinne/-betjent policjant, policjantka پوليس polícia poliţist полицейский, женщина-полицейский policajt, -ka policist, policistka policajac polis, polisman ตำรวจ polis 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 posto da polícia policejní stanice das Polizeirevier politistation αστυνομικό τμήμαcomisaría 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 politiebureaupolitistasjonpolisa د پوليسو آمريت 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

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• I need to find a police station → يَجِبُ أَنْ أَجِدَ مَركَزَ الشُرْطَةِ؟ → Potřebuji najít policii → Jeg leder efter en politistation → Ich suche ein Polizeirevier → Θέλω να βρω το αστυνομικό τμήμα → Necesito encontrar una comisaría → Minun täytyy löytää poliisiasema → Je cherche un commissariat → Trebam policijsku postaju → Mi può dire dov'è la stazione di polizia più vicina? → 私は警察署を見つけなければなりません → 경찰서를 찾아야 해요 → Ik ben op zoek naar het politiebureau → Jeg leter etter en politistasjon → Muszę znaleźć posterunek policji → Eu preciso achar uma delegacia de polícia → Мне нужно отделение милиции → Jag måste hitta en polisstation → ฉันมองต้องหาสถานีตำรวจ → Polis karakolunu arıyorum → Tôi cần tìm đồn công an → 您能告诉我警察局在哪儿吗？
• Where's the police station? (US)
  Where is the police station? (UK) → أَيْنَ يوجَدُ قِسْمِ الشُرْطَةِ؟ → Kde je policie? → Hvor er politistationen? → Wo ist die Polizeiwache? → Πού είναι το αστυνομικό τμήμα; → ¿Dónde está la comisaría? → Missä on poliisiasema? → Où se trouve le commissariat ? → Gdje je policijska stanica? → Mi sa dire dov'è la stazione di polizia? → 警察署はどこですか？ → 경찰서는 어디에 있나요? → Waar is het politiebureau? → Hvor er politistasjonen? → Gdzie jest posterunek policji? → Onde é a delegacia de polícia? → Где находится отделение милиции? → Var ligger polisstationen? → สถานีตำรวจอยู่ที่ไหน? → Polis karakolu nerede? → Đồn công an ở đâu? → 警察局在哪儿？
• We'll have to report it to the police (US)
  We will have to report it to the police (UK) → يَجِبَ عَلَيْنا أَنْ نَبْلُغَ الشُرْطَةَ → Budeme to muset oznámit policii → Vi skal melde det til politiet → Das müssen wir der Polizei melden → Θα πρέπει να το αναφέρουμε στην αστυνομία → Tendremos que denunciarlo a la policía → Siitä täytyy ilmoittaa poliisille → Il va falloir le dire à la police → Ovo trebamo prijaviti policiji → Dovremo denunciarlo alla polizia → 私たちはそれを警察に届け出なければなりません → 경찰에 신고해야 할 거예요 → We moeten het bij de politie aangeven → Vi må anmelde det til politiet → Będziemy musieli to zgłosić na policję → Nós vamos ter que reportar isto à polícia → Нам придется заявить об этом в милицию → Vi måste göra en polisanmälan om det → เราต้องแจ้งกับตำรวจ → Polise haber vermemiz gerekiyor → Chúng tôi sẽ phải báo công an → 我们要向警察局报告
• I need a police report for my insurance → أنا محْتاجٌ لِتَقْريرٍ مِنْ الشُرْطَةِ لَأجْلِ التَأْمِيـنِ → Potřebuju policejní protokol kvůli pojištění → Jeg skal bruge en politirapport til mit forsikringsselskab → Ich brauche einen Polizeibericht für meine Versicherung → Χρειάζομαι αναφορά της αστυνομίας για την ασφάλειά μου → Necesito una copia de la denuncia para el seguro → Tarvitsen rikosilmoituksen vakuutusta varten → Il me faut un rapport de police pour mon assurance → Treba mi policijski izvještaj za osiguranje → Ho bisogno di un verbale della polizia per l'assicurazione → 私は保険請求に警察の証明書が必要です → 보험 처리를 위한 경찰 보고서가 필요해요 → Ik heb een politierapport nodig voor mijn verzekering → Jeg må ha en politirapport til forsikringen → Muszę mieć protokół policji, aby odzyskać odszkodowanie z ubezpieczenia → Eu preciso de um boletim de ocorrência para meu seguro → Мне нужна справка из милиции для страховой компании → Jag behöver en polisanmälan för försäkringen → ฉันจำเป็นต้องมีรายงานของตำรวจสำหรับการประกัน → Sigortam için polise bildirmemiz gerekiyor → Tôi cần một bản báo cáo của công an cho bảo hiểm của tôi → 我需要一份警察局的报告，提交给保险公司
• Police! → الشُرْطَةُ → Policie! → Politi! → Polizei! → Αστυνομία! → ¡Policía! → Poliisi! → Police ! → Policija! → Polizia! → 警察を！ → 경찰! → Politie! → Politi! → Policja! → Polícia! → Милиция! → Polis! → ตำรวจ → Polis! → Công an! → 警察！
• Call the police → اِتَصِلْ بالشُرْطَةِ → Zavolejte policii! → Tilkald politiet → Rufen Sie die Polizei → Καλέστε την αστυνομία → Llamen a la policía → Soittakaa poliisille → Appelez la police → Zovite policiju → Chiamate la polizia → 警察を呼んでください → 경찰을 불러 주세요 → Bel de politie → Ring politiet → Proszę wezwać policję → Chame a polícia → Вызывайте милицию → Ring polisen → เรียกตำรวจ → Polis çağırın → Gọi công an đi → 叫警察

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