con·stab·u·lar·y (k n-st b y-l r  )n. pl. con·stab·u·lar·ies 1. The body of constables of a district or city. 2. The district under the jurisdiction of a constable. 3. An armed police force organized like a military unit. adj. Of or relating to constables, constabularies, or their jurisdictions. |
constabulary [kənˈstæbjʊlərɪ] Chiefly Brit
n pl -laries
(Law) the police force of a town or district
adj
(Law) of or relating to constables, constabularies, or their duties
Constabulary constables or the police force collectively, 1824.
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| Noun | 1. |  constabulary - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"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 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 |
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