Meaning of police | Babel Free

Definitions

1. insurance policy
2. Police, police officer.
3. A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.
   plural, plural-normally
4. A member of a law-enforcement agency:bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, policeman, police officer, policewoman.
5. A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
   Canada, US, historical, plural, plural-normally
6. Police (a town in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
7. 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 polícia policie; policejní die Polizei; Polizei-... politi; politi- αστυνομίαpolicía politsei افراد پلیس poliisi policeמשטרה पुलिस policija, redarstvo rendőrség polisi lögregla polizia; di polizia 警察 경찰 policija policija polis politiepolitipolicja, policjanci پوليس polí...
   etc
8. A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory.
   UK, plural, plural-normally
9. to supply (a place) with police. We cannot police the whole area. polisieer يُحافِظ على الأمن، يُزوِّد بالشُّرْطَه поддържам ред с полиция policiar obsadit policií überwachen patruljere αστυνομεύωvigilar, mantener el orden politseiga varustama پاسبانی کردن sijoittaa poliiseja envoyer des agents לַעֲשוֹת פְּעוּלַת שִׁיטוּר निगरानी रखना držati red, stegu (pomoću policije) fenntartja a rendet (országban) menyediakan tenaga polisi annast löggæslu í , sorvegliare 警官を配す 치안을 위지 하다 apstatyti policija...
10. Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.
    Australia, New-Zealand, plural, plural-normally
11. a dog trained to work with policemen (in tracking criminals, finding drugs etc). polisiehond كَلْب الشُّرْطَه полицейско куче cão policial policejní pes der Polizeihund politihund 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 د پوليس سپى cão polícia câine poliţist пол...
    etc
12. The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer.
    plural, plural-normally, plural-only, usually
13. a member of the police. polisieman شُرْطي полицай policial policista, -tka der/die Polizist(in) politibetjent αστυνομικός, αστυνομικίναpolicía, agente de policía politseinik پلیس poliisi policier/-ière שוטר, שוטרת .सिपाही policajac, redarstvenik (köz)rendőr polisi lögreglumaður/-kona poliziotto, poliziotta 警察官 경찰관 policininkas, policininkė policists; policiste anggota polis politieagent politimann/-kvinne/-betjent policjant, policjantka پوليس polícia poliţist полицейский, женщина-полицейский ...
14. People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
    derogatory, figuratively, ironic, mildly, plural, plural-normally, usually
15. the office or headquarters of a local police force. The lost dog was taken to the police station. polisiestasie مَحَطَّة شُرْطَه полицейскло управление posto da polícia policejní stanice das Polizeirevier politistation αστυνομικό τμήμαcomisaría 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 iecir...
16. Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
    plural, plural-normally, slang
17. (used with a pl. verb)a. A body of government employees trained in methods of law enforcement and crime prevention and detection and authorized to maintain the peace, safety, and order of the community.
18. Synonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society.
    archaic, plural, plural-normally
19. Archaic 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.
    Archaic
20. Informal A group that admonishes, cautions, or reminds: grammar police; fashion police.
    Informal
21. The cleaning of a military base or other military area: Police of the barracks must be completed before inspection.

Equivalents

Examples

“There are nine Principles of Police: ... 7 To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence.”

“‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?”

“In the criminal justice system, the People are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.”

“Citadel Security is a volunteer police service answering to the Citadel Council. The 200,000 constables of C-Sec are responsible for maintaining public order in the densely populated Citadel.”

“The rally on Sunday in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district, was authorized in advance by the police. But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point. The police rejected their application for a permit.”

“Call the police!”

“There’s only one police in this town.”

“The Cook County Sheriff's Department has jurisdiction across most of Chicago but focuses on the unincorporated area and tasks like prisoner transport, leaving the rest to the Chicago Police Department.”

“Scotland Yard is, technically speaking, only the metropolitan police for Greater London but because of their importance they have special jurisdiction for some crimes across the United Kingdom.”

“Pearlman: Very clever, Lester. You got it all figured, huh? Freamon: Me? I'm just a police.”

“This time it is the worst kind of call a murder police can get.”

“Who called the fashion police?”

“Then there were the taste police, who thought that this bulky modern machine was an inappropriate intrusion […]”

“A major drama has broken out in France after the local language police decreed one of their cute little accents to be largely redundant”

“Q. […] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters. Q. You had been on guard and went on police duty? You were policing, cleaning up around the barracks? — A. Yes, sir.”

“The notion of ‘police’ – that is, rational administration – was seen as a historical force which could bring civilized improvement to societies.”

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