police

Etymology
From, from , from. .

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly
 * 2) * 1943, Charles Reith, British Police and the Democratic Ideal, pp. 3–4:
 * There are nine : ... 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.
 * 1) * 1990 Sept. 13, David Black & al., "", , 00:00:01:
 * 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.
 * 1)  A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
 * 2)  A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory.
 * 3)  Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.
 * 4)  The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers;  an individual police officer.
 * 5) * 2006 Sept. 17,, "", , 00:06:50:
 * Pearlman: Very clever, Lester. You got it all figured, huh? Freamon: Me? I'm just a police.
 * 1)  People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
 * 2)  Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
 * , the regulation of a community or society.
 * , civilization, a regulated community.
 * 1)  The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers;  an individual police officer.
 * 2) * 2006 Sept. 17,, "", , 00:06:50:
 * Pearlman: Very clever, Lester. You got it all figured, huh? Freamon: Me? I'm just a police.
 * 1)  People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
 * 2)  Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
 * , the regulation of a community or society.
 * , civilization, a regulated community.
 * 1)  Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
 * , the regulation of a community or society.
 * , civilization, a regulated community.
 * , the regulation of a community or society.
 * , civilization, a regulated community.
 * , civilization, a regulated community.
 * , civilization, a regulated community.

Usage notes
In North America and the UK, local police are generally distinguished from regional, national, and specialized law enforcement officers such as, , , , and. In Australia and New Zealand and in translation of the law enforcement agencies of other countries, police may refer indiscriminately to law enforcement agencies and officers at any level.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:police
 * See Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

 * Abkhaz: аполициа, амилициа
 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: policia,
 * Amharic: ፖሊስ
 * Arabic: شُرْطَة,
 * Egyptian Arabic: بوليس, شرطة
 * Hijazi Arabic: شُرْطة, بوليس
 * Moroccan Arabic: بوليس
 * South Levantine Arabic: بوليس, شرطة
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: pulitsii, pulitsie, astinumii, astinumie, pulitsia, astinumia ,
 * Assamese: পুলিচ, আৰক্ষী, নিৰাপত্তাৰক্ষী
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ
 * Azerbaijani:, zabitiyyə
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: палі́цыя, мілі́цыя
 * Bengali:, , নিরাপত্তারক্ষী
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: поли́ция
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Central Dusun: pulis
 * Chechen: милцо
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 警察
 * Dungan: җинца, яйи, милис
 * Eastern Min: 警察
 * Hakka: 警察
 * Hokkien:
 * Jin: 警察
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Wu: 警察
 * Cornish: kreslu
 * Corsican:
 * Crimean Tatar: polis
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: polico
 * Estonian: politsei
 * Ewe: kpovitɔ
 * Faroese: løgregla
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პოლიცია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: politiit
 * Gujarati: પોલીસ
 * Haitian Creole: lapolis
 * Hawaiian: mākaʻi
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पोलिस, आरक्षी,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: gardaí, Gardaí, póilíní, péas
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: цагда
 * Kannada: ಪೊಲೀಸ್
 * Kazakh:, милиция
 * Khmer:, ប៉ូលីស, , កុងអាន, នគរបាល
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پۆلیس
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Laboya: palihi
 * Ladino: polis
 * Lao:, ໂປລິດ
 * Latin: vigilia, vigiles, denutiatores, denuntiatores, biocolyta, custos,, denuntiator
 * Latvian:
 * Limburgish: pliesj
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Polizei
 * Macedonian: поли́ција, мили́ција
 * Malay:, polisi , serdadu , mata-mata
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: pulizija
 * Manx: poleenyn
 * Maori: pirihimana
 * Marathi: पोलीस
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠭᠳᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
 * Navajo: siláo
 * Nepali: प्रहरी
 * Norman: police
 * North Frisian: politii
 * Northern Sami: boliisa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: politi
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Okinawan: 警察
 * Ossetian: полицӕ, милицӕ
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Polizei
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਪੁਲਿਸ
 * Quechua: chapaq
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: polizia
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: polis
 * Scottish Gaelic: poileas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: полѝција, мѝлӣција
 * Roman: ,
 * Sinhalese: පොලීසිය
 * Slovak: polícia
 * Slovene: policija
 * Somali: boolis
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: policija
 * Upper Sorbian: policija
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , shorta
 * Tagalog:, pulisya
 * Tajik:, политсия, полисия
 * Tamil: ,
 * Telugu: రక్షక దళము,
 * Thai:, (Obsolete)
 * Tibetan: ཉེན་རྟོག་པ
 * Tigrinya: ፖሊስ
 * Turkish:, , kınçal
 * Turkmen: polisiýa
 * Ukrainian: полі́ція, мілі́ція
 * Urdu: پُولِس, پُولِیس, شُرْطَہ, پاسْبان
 * Uyghur: ساقچى
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (警察),
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: polysje
 * Yiddish: פּאָליציי
 * Zhuang: gingjcaz

Verb

 * 1)  To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
 * 2)  To clean up an area.
 * 3) * 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)
 * ELIAS: Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks.
 * 1)  To enforce norms or standards upon.
 * to police a person's identity
 * 1) * 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)
 * ELIAS: Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks.
 * 1)  To enforce norms or standards upon.
 * to police a person's identity
 * 1)  To enforce norms or standards upon.
 * to police a person's identity
 * to police a person's identity

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) shelf (a structure)

Etymology
Via and  from.

Noun

 * 1) policy (an insurance contract)

Etymology 1
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  cop police officer
 * 1)  cop police officer
 * 1)  cop police officer
 * 1)  cop police officer

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1)  policy
 * 2)  fount, font
 * 1)  fount, font

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) governance; management
 * 2) * 1577, Jean d'Ogerolles, Discours sur la contagion de peste qui a esté ceste presente annee en la ville de Lyon, front cover
 * "frm"

- contenant les causes d'icelle, l'ordre, moyen et police tenue pour en purger, nettoyer et delivrer la ville (subheading)

Etymology
Borrowed from.