Police

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English

Noun

Police (uncountable)
  1. An organisation granted the legal authority to enforce the law. See usage note.
    • Call the police!
    • The police operating in New York City operate under the New York City Police Department, several other City agencies and boards, and several public authorities.
  2. (plural only; not used in singular form) Members of the police force.
    • Three police arrived in two cars.
  3. (US, singular, nonstandard) (plural=police) A police officer

Notes

  • Formerly a singular noun, police (#1) is now almost always used as a collective noun with a plural verb, as in "Run, the police are coming!"

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Verb

Police (third-person singular simple present polices, present participle policing, simple past and past participle policed)

  1. (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
    Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.
  2. (transitive) To patrol an area.
    • 2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, ISBN 0399153764, page 275,
      "Fire off several rounds in a residential building and stop to police the brass?"

Adjectives for Police

adequate; lynx-eyed; executive; ubiquitous; ornamental; interested; ineffective; rustic; ingenious; indignant.

Verbs for Police

commend—; detail—to; evade—; tangle with—; —accost; —apprehend; —clash; — corner; —escort; —espy; —intimidate; — patrol; —protect; —raid; —regulate; — scout; —trace; —track down; —trail; — trap; —warn.

Thesaurus

Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, administer, arm, armor, bless, bull, champion, clean up, clear the decks, clear up, cloak, compass about, constabulary, control, cop, copper, copyright, county police, cover, cushion, defend, enforce, ensure, fence, fend, fix up, fuzz, groom, guarantee, guard, harbor, haven, heat, highway patrol, insure, keep, keep from harm, keep guard, keep vigil, keep watch, law enforcement agency, make safe, man, military police, monitor, mount guard, neaten, nestle, observe, officer, oversee, patent, patrol, peace officer, police force, police officer, police up, political police, posse, protect, provincial police, put in trim, register, regulate, ride shotgun for, riot police, safeguard, screen, secret police, secure, security force, shelter, shield, shore patrol, shroud, special police, spruce, spruce up, stand guard, stand sentinel, state police, straighten up, supervise, tactical police, the cops, the fuzz, tidy, tidy up, trig up, trim, trim up, troopers, underwrite, vigilance committee, vigilantes, watch

Etymology

From Middle French police, from Latin politia (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πόλις (polis, “city”).

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Translations

Noun

an organisation that enforces the law
member of the police force

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Czech

Noun

Police f.

  1. shelf (structure)

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French

Noun

Police f. (plural Polices)

  1. (uncountable) police
    Fuyez, la police arrive !
    Run, the police are coming!
  2. (countable) (typography) fount, font

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Verb

Police

  1. first-person singular present indicative of policer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of policer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of policer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of policer
  5. second-person singular imperative of policer

Etymology

From Latin politia (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πόλις (polis, “city”).

Pronunciation

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