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Synonyms for POLICE
pəˈlis; ˈpoʊ lis; ˈdi trɔɪt; ˈsi mɛnt; ˈsi gɑr; ˈgɪt ɑr; ˈɪn ʃʊər əns; ˈʌm brɛl ə; ˈaɪ diəpo·lice

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  1. policenoun

    Synonyms:
    law, filth, heat, 6-up, fuzz, peelers, popo, 5-0, cobblers, woodentops, bobby, pig, cop

  2. policenoun

    To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).

    Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.

    Synonyms:
    woodentops, filth, peelers, popo, cop, pig, 6-up, heat, cobblers, law, fuzz, bobby, 5-0

  3. policenoun

    Communal living; civilization.

    Synonyms:
    law, 6-up, pig, cobblers, peelers, 5-0, heat, bobby, fuzz, filth, cop, popo, woodentops

  4. policenoun

    The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc.

    Synonyms:
    fuzz, woodentops, filth, cobblers, law, bobby, peelers, pig, cop, 6-up, popo, heat, 5-0

  5. policenoun

    A civil force granted the legal authority to enforce the law and maintain public order.

    Synonyms:
    peelers, woodentops, cobblers, heat, law, pig, cop, 6-up, 5-0, filth, fuzz, bobby, popo

  6. policenoun

    A police officer.

    Synonyms:
    5-0, heat, pig, filth, cop, popo, 6-up, cobblers, fuzz, bobby, law, peelers, woodentops

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  1. police, police force, constabulary, lawverb

    the force of policemen and officers

    "the law came looking for him"

    Synonyms:
    legal philosophy, natural law, practice of law, police, constabulary, law of nature, jurisprudence, police force, law

  2. patrol, policeverb

    maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

    Synonyms:
    patrol, police

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How to use POLICE in a sentence?

  1. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams:

    This is a blemish on our entire city. Anytime our well-trained police officers can not de-escalate a situation between mother and child without looking like Border Patrol police snatching away babies and children, that says that we're not doing what we need to do correctly.

  2. The Rev. Jesse Jackson:

    Police can stop shooting people in the back now.

  3. Dos Santos:

    Violence engenders more violence, i think the duty of the police officer is to catch, apprehend and for the justice to judge.

  4. Darlene Perkins:

    Lord, when is this going to end? we don't want to be afraid. We are not going to be silenced and shut in the house by fear because the next thing that happens is fear. You thinking if you're walking down the street the police going to pull you over for walking.

  5. Harvey Fishbein:

    I think anyone who sees these confessions will understand that when the police were finished, Mr. Hernandez believed he killed Etan Patz, but that doesn't mean he actually did, that's the whole point of this case.


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