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Police

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Noun

1. constabulary, law, police, police force

the force of policemen and officers

Example Sentences:
'the law came looking for him'

Verb

2. patrol, police

maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Police

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noun
1.  the police
2. (functioning as plural)
the members of such a force collectively
3. 
any organized body with a similar function
security police
4. archaic
a. 
the regulation and control of a community, esp in regard to the enforcement of law, the prevention of crime, etc
b. 
the department of government concerned with this
verb (transitive)
5. 
to regulate, control, or keep in order by means of a police or similar force
6. 
to observe or record the activity or enforcement of
a committee was set up to police the new agreement on picketing
7. US
to make or keep (a military camp, etc) clean and orderly

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Police

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noun
1.  Archaic
the regulation within a community of morals, safety, sanitation, etc.; public order; law enforcement
2. 
the governmental department (of a city, state, etc.) organized for keeping order, enforcing the law, and preventing, detecting, and prosecuting crimes
3. 
a. 
a governmental force, or body of persons, established and maintained for keeping order, etc.
b. 
a private organization like this
security police at a college
c.  [with pl. v.]
the members of any such force
d.  [with pl. verb]; Informal
those who act as self-appointed guardians of morality, propriety, style, etc.
, usually somewhat disparaging
the fashion police, the language police
4.  US, Us Army
a. 
the work or duty of keeping a camp, post, etc. clean and orderly
b.  [with pl. v.]
the soldiers charged with such duty
kitchen police
verb transitiveWord forms: poˈliced or poˈlicing
5. 
to control, protect, or keep orderly with or as police or a similar force
to police the streets
6.  US
to make or keep (a military camp, post, etc.) clean and orderly
often with up

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Police

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n. pl. police
1. (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.
b. A body of persons with a similar organization and function: campus police. Also called police force.
2. 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.
3. Informal A group that admonishes, cautions, or reminds: grammar police; fashion police.
4.
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 a law enforcement agency or other official group.
2.
a. To impose one's viewpoint or beliefs regarding, especially in an authoritarian way: policing others' comments by implementing speech codes.
b. To critique in a presumptuous or arrogant manner: policed the grammar of everyone who commented on the blog post.
3. To make (a military area, for example) neat in appearance: policed the barracks.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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