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nounthe force of policemen and officers (Freq. 1)-
the law came looking for him
• Syn: ↑police, ↑constabulary, ↑law• Hypernyms: ↑force, ↑personnel, ↑law enforcement agency• Hyponyms:↑Europol, ↑European Law Enforcement Organisation, ↑gendarmerie, ↑gendarmery, ↑Mutawa'een, ↑Mutawa, ↑Royal Canadian Mounted Police, ↑RCMP, ↑Mounties, ↑Scotland Yard, ↑New Scotland Yard, ↑secret police, ↑Schutzstaffel, ↑SS, ↑posse, ↑posse comitatus• Member Meronyms: ↑policeman, ↑police officer, ↑officer* * *
noun, pl ⋯ forces [count]: the police organization in a particular areaHe joined the local police force.
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the police organization of a country, district or town
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police force — n: a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement of laws, and prevention and detection of crime Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. police force … Law dictionary
police force — police forces N COUNT: oft N n A police force is the police organization in a particular country or area. ...the South Wales police force … English dictionary
police force — police′ force n. cvb police 1) • Etymology: 1830–40 … From formal English to slang
Police Force 2 — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Police Story 2 Originaltitel: 警察故事 II Ging chaat goo si juk jaap Produktionsland: Hongkong Erscheinungsjahr: 1988 Länge: ca. 102 Minuten Originalsprache … Deutsch Wikipedia
police force — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms police force : singular police force plural police forces an organized group of police officers in charge of a country or a particular area … English dictionary
police force — noun Any police organization; a constabulary He joined the police force a long time ago, when he lived in Virginia. Syn: police department, police service, police See Also … Wiktionary
police force — po lice force n the official police organization in a country or area ▪ Jones joined the police force in 1983 … Dictionary of contemporary English
police force — noun (C) the official police organization in a country or area: Marshall joined the police force in 1983 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
police force — police (def. 1). [1830 40] * * * … Universalium
police force — po lice ,force noun count an organized group of police officers in charge of a particular area … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English