English > police: 2 senses > noun 1, group| Meaning | The force of policemen and officers. |
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| Synonyms | police force, constabulary, law |
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| Members | policeman, police officer, officer | A member of a police force |
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| Narrower | Europol, European Law Enforcement Organisation | police organization for the European Union |
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| Mutawa'een, Mutawa | religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Mounties | The federal police force of Canada |
| Schutzstaffel, SS | Special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925 |
| Scotland Yard, New Scotland Yard | The detective department of the metropolitan police force of London |
| gendarmerie, gendarmery | French police force |
| posse, posse comitatus | A temporary police force |
| secret police | A police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) |
| Broader | force, personnel | group of people willing / willing to obey orders |
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| law enforcement agency | An agency responsible / responsible for insuring obedience to the laws |
| Spanish | agentes, fuerzas del orden, fuerzas policiales, guardia, policia, policía |
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| Catalan | agents, forces de l'ordre, forces de l'ordre públic, forces policials, policia |
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| Verbs | police | maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol |
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