police
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noun- 1.
(plural, plural normally)(law enforcement) A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.
There are nine Principles of Police: ... 7 To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence.
In the criminal justice system, the People are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
Call the police!
Police! help! Police! help!
- 2.
(plural, plural normally, plural only, usually)(usually plural only) The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer.
Pearlman: Very clever, Lester. You got it all figured, huh? Freamon: Me? I'm just a police.
- 3.
(derogatory, figuratively, ironic, mildly, plural, plural normally, usually)(figuratively, usually ironic and mildly derogatory) People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
Who called the fashion police?
- 4.
(plural, plural normally, slang)(military, slang) Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
- 5.
(archaic, plural, plural normally)(archaic, now rare) Synonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society.
Đồng nghĩa: administration
- 6.
(alt of, alternative, obsolete, plural, plural normally)Alternative form of policy.
- 7.
(alt of, alternative, obsolete, plural, plural normally)Alternative form of polity, civilization, a regulated community.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.
- 2.
(ambitransitive, slang)(ambitransitive, military, slang) To clean up an area.
ELIAS: Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks.
- 3.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To enforce norms or standards upon.
to police a person's identity
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From Middle French police, from Latin polītīa (state, government), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία. policy polity.