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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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Wiktionary
policenoun
Synonyms:
law, filth, heat, 6-up, fuzz, peelers, popo, 5-0, cobblers, woodentops, bobby, pig, coppolicenoun
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, 5-0policenoun
Communal living; civilization.
Synonyms:
law, 6-up, pig, cobblers, peelers, 5-0, heat, bobby, fuzz, filth, cop, popo, woodentopspolicenoun
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, 5-0policenoun
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, popopolicenoun
A police officer.
Synonyms:
5-0, heat, pig, filth, cop, popo, 6-up, cobblers, fuzz, bobby, law, peelers, woodentops
Princeton's WordNet
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, constabulary, law of nature, jurisprudence, police force, lawpatrol, policeverb
maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
Synonyms:
patrol
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#2027 | heat | |
#2618 | font | |
#2749 | officers | |
#3243 | enforcement | |
#6715 | bobby | |
#7993 | pig | |
#8313 | patrol | |
#9382 | cop | |
#11332 | cops | |
#15267 | policing | |
#17148 | filth | |
#21318 | constable | |
#21820 | jurisprudence | |
#22301 | policeman | |
#27321 | policemen | |
#35137 | fuzz | |
#35700 | nypd | |
#46026 | constabulary | |
#51038 | lapd | |
#69486 | cobblers | |
#105924 | popo | |
#124774 | peelers | |
#135316 | policia | |
#170202 | polizia |
How to use police in a sentence?
There could have been more victims if police had not intervened so quickly.
Nothing the legislature did prevents police from responding to any calls, mental health crises or any other type of call.
My view has been, and continues to be, that there's not much John Cornyn're going to find out about January the sixth in terms of making decisions here with the Capitol police and the police board that John Cornyn don't already know, and I think the commission will slow down having those decisions made.
I personally don’t think we’re ever going to be satisfied with the why, said John Sheahan, a former sergeant and SWAT team officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. We're talking about someone who has never had a lot of friends, kept to himself, and had all the finances in the world to do what he was going to do. Since the shooting, The FBI and police investigators have interviewed hundreds of witnesses, including Paddock's girlfriend Mary Lou Danley. They also looked into his gun buying history, taken apart his computer and even sent his brain to Stanford University for detailed forensic examination. But in recent weeks, authorities have provided little to no insight into the status of their investigation. The FBI’s Las Vegas field office did not respond to Fox News ’ request for an interview while the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department declined to take part in one. When we have more information to provide, we will let everybody know, LVMPD Officer Larry Hadfield told Fox News. But John Sheahan warns there may never be new information to release. Police investigators want to give the public answers. It takes the monkey off your backs.
Sussex Police and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch have asked that anyone with photographs or video footage that may help with their investigations should send their contact details to shoreham.aircrash2015@sussex.pnn.police.uk, do not send files, just contact details and information about the material you have.
Translations for police
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- аполициа, амилициаAbkhaz
- polisieAfrikaans
- شرطة, بوليسArabic
- polisAzerbaijani
- палі́цыя, мілі́цыяBelarusian
- поли́цияBulgarian
- পুলিশBengali
- policiaCatalan, Valencian
- милцоChechen
- policie, policista, policistkaCzech
- heddluWelsh
- politi, politibetjent, politimand, politikvinde, politietDanish
- Polizistin, Polizei, PolizistGerman
- kpovitɔEwe
- αστυνομία, αστυφύλακαςGreek
- policoEsperanto
- policíaSpanish
- politsei, politseinikEstonian
- poliziaBasque
- پلیسPersian
- poliisiFinnish
- løgreglaFaroese
- police, policier, policièreFrench
- polysjeWestern Frisian
- garda, gardaíIrish
- poileasScottish Gaelic
- vixíaGalician
- પોલીસGujarati
- משטרהHebrew
- पोलिस, पुलिसHindi
- lapolisHaitian Creole
- rendőrségHungarian
- ոստիկանությունArmenian
- polisiIndonesian
- lögreglaIcelandic
- poliziaItalian
- מִשׁטָרָהHebrew
- 警察Japanese
- პოლიციაGeorgian
- полиция, милицияKazakh
- ប៉ូលិសKhmer
- ಪೊಲೀಸ್Kannada
- 경찰, 警察Korean
- polîs, پۆلیسKurdish
- милиция, полицияKyrgyz
- denuntiatores, denuntiator, vigil, denutiatores, denuntiatrix, vigilesLatin
- ຕຳຫຼວດLao
- policijaLithuanian
- policija, policistsLatvian
- поли́ција, мили́цијаMacedonian
- പോലീസ്Malayalam
- цагдааMongolian
- polisMalay
- pulizijaMaltese
- ပုလိပ်, ရဲBurmese
- politiNorwegian
- politieDutch
- politiNorwegian Nynorsk
- politietNorwegian
- siláoNavajo, Navaho
- полицӕ, милицӕOssetian, Ossetic
- policja, policjant, policjantkaPolish
- polícia, policialPortuguese
- chapaqQuechua
- polițistă, poliție, polițistRomanian
- полице́йский, милиционе́р, поли́ция, мили́цияRussian
- milicija, policija, полиција, милицијаSerbo-Croatian
- පොලීසියSinhala, Sinhalese
- polícia, policajt, policajtkaSlovak
- policijaSlovene
- policia, policiAlbanian
- lepolesaSouthern Sotho
- aina, polisSwedish
- polisiSwahili
- போலீஸ், காவல்Tamil
- రక్షక దళము, పోలీసు, రక్షక భటుడుTelugu
- милитсия, политсияTajik
- ตำรวจThai
- politsiýaTurkmen
- pulisya, pulisTagalog
- polisTurkish
- ساقچىUyghur, Uighur
- полі́цiя, мілі́ціяUkrainian
- پولس, پولیسUrdu
- militsiya, politsiyaUzbek
- cảnh sát, 警察Vietnamese
- poldan, hipoldan, jipoldan, poldVolapük
- פּאליצייYiddish
- 警察Chinese
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