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Definition of Constabulary
1. Noun. The force of policemen and officers. "The law came looking for him"
Generic synonyms: Force, Personnel, Law Enforcement Agency
Specialized synonyms: European Law Enforcement Organisation, Europol, Gendarmerie, Gendarmery, Mutawa, Mutawa'een, Mounties, Rcmp, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, New Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard, Secret Police, Schutzstaffel, Ss, Posse, Posse Comitatus
Member holonyms: Officer, Police Officer, Policeman
Derivative terms: Police
Definition of Constabulary
1. a. Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.
2. n. The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country.
Definition of Constabulary
1. Adjective. Of, or relating to constables. ¹
2. Adjective. Characteristic to police; police-like ''(as opposed to military)'' ¹
3. Noun. A police force. ¹
4. Noun. The police in a particular district or area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Constabulary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constabulary
Literary usage of Constabulary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"THE IRISH MAGISTRACY AND constabulary UNDER HOME RULE. ... 13) the present Royal
Irish constabulary force was constituted. At the same time, and by the same ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"Abstracts of., .returns of the total number of all magistrates, constables, and
sub- constables, appointed under the authority of the constabulary act, ..."
3. Australia by Peter Needham, Committee Development Assistance, Development Assistance Committee (1996)
"Royal Papua New Guinea constabulary Development Project Phase II of the Royal
Papua New Guinea constabulary Development Project is one of Australia's ..."
4. The Tribune Almanac and Political Registerby Horace Greeley by Horace Greeley (1904)
"assist the Philippine constabulary in the maintenance »f order in the Philippine
Island» may be placed under the command of officer» ..."
5. The United Service (1889)
"THE ROYAL IRISH constabulary. (FROM COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE.) IN the
three kingdoms there ... 1 Curtis's "History of the Royal Irish constabulary. ..."
6. Readings on American State Government by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1911)
"They usually begin " a riot broke out here," and end " quiet was restored when
the constabulary arrived." In New York the word "constable" calls to mind a ..."
7. "Nobody's Children": Jamaican Children in Police Detention and Government by Rosa Ehrenreich, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"Under no circumstances should this determination of an "appropriate institution"
be delegated to the Jamaican constabulary. Take steps to reduce the ..."
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