HyperDic: police_department

English > 1 sense of the expression *police department*:
NOUN	group	police department	the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime

English > *police department*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	The department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime.
Broader	local department, department of local government	A permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
Spanish	departamento de policía
Catalan	departament de policia