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Definition of Police
1. Verb. Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol. "The men police for animals in the area"
2. 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
Definition of Police
1. n. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.
2. v. t. To keep in order by police.
Definition of Police
1. Noun. A civil force granted the legal authority to enforce the law and maintain public order. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (context: regional chiefly US Caribbean Scotland) A police officer. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) Policy. (defdate 15th-19th c.) ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Communal living; civilization. (defdate 16th-19th c.) ¹
5. Noun. (context: now rare historical) The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group). ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To patrol an area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Police
1. to make clean or orderly [v POLICED, POLICING, POLICES]
Medical Definition of Police
1. Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order among the citisenry. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Police
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