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. 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 경찰관(의) 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 valvoa 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 경찰력으로 (...의) 치안을 유지하다 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...設置警察 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