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Police Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Police? [n] the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" [v] maintain the security of by carrying out a control Synonyms \| Synonyms for Police: constabulary \| law \| patrol \| police force Related Terms \| Find terms related to Police: administer \| arm \| armor \| bless \| bull \| champion \| Cheka \| clean up \| clear the decks \| clear up \| cloak \| compass about \| constabulary \| control \| cop \| copper \| copyright \| county police \| cover \| cushion \| defend \| enforce \| ensure \| FBI \| fence \| fend \| fix up \| fuzz \| Gestapo \| groom \| guarantee \| guard \| harbor \| haven \| heat \| highway patrol \| insure \| Interpol \| keep \| keep from harm \| keep guard \| keep vigil \| keep watch \| law enforcement agency \| make safe \| man \| military police \| monitor \| mount guard \| Mounties \| MP \| MVD \| neaten \| nestle \| NKVD \| observe \| officer \| OGPU \| oversee \| patent \| patrol \| peace officer \| police force \| police officer \| police up \| political police \| posse \| protect \| provincial police \| put in trim \| RCMP \| register \| regulate \| ride shotgun for \| riot police \| safeguard \| Scotland Yard \| screen \| secret police \| secure \| security force \| shelter \| shield \| shore patrol \| shroud \| SP \| special police \| spruce \| spruce up \| stand guard \| stand sentinel \| state police \| straighten up \| supervise \| tactical police \| the cops \| the fuzz \| tidy \| tidy up \| trig up \| trim \| trim up \| troopers \| underwrite \| vigilance committee \| vigilantes \| watch See Also \| force \| gendarmerie \| gendarmery \| guard \| New Scotland Yard \| officer \| personnel \| police officer \| policeman \| posse \| posse comitatus \| Royal Canadian Mounted Police \| Schutzstaffel \| Scotland Yard \| secret police \| SS Police In Webster's Dictionary \Police"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr. ? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, or {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, or {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. \Police"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Policed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Policing}.] 1. To keep in order by police. 2. (Mil.) To make clean; as, to police a camp.

Police Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Police?

[n] the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
[v] maintain the security of by carrying out a control

Synonyms | Synonyms for Police: constabulary | law | patrol | police force

Police In Webster's Dictionary

\Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a
state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a
citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr.
? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity,
{Polity}.]
1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a
   city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights,
   order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement
   of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of
   the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or
   borough.

2. That which concerns the order of the community; the
   internal regulation of a state.

3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or
   district, whose particular duties are the preservation of
   good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the
   enforcement of the laws.

4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to
   preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements
   in a camp or garrison.

5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp
   as to cleanliness.

{Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a
   board, commissioned to regulate and control the
   appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.

{Police constable}, or {Police officer}, a policeman.

{Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before
   it by the police.

{Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a
   superintendent.

{Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise
   jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes,
   etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.

{Police justice}, or {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police
   court.

{Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of
   the community, of which a police court may have final
   jurisdiction.

{Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a
   section of them; the place where the police assemble for
   orders, and to which they take arrested persons.


\Po*lice"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Policed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Policing}.]
1. To keep in order by police.

2. (Mil.) To make clean; as, to police a camp.

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