police
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
police/pəˈliːs/
▶noun [treated as pl.] a civil force responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
■ members of such a force.
▶verb (often as noun policing) control and maintain law and order in (an area).'police' also found in these Oxford entries:
all-points bulletin
- askari
- Babylon
- baton
- beat
- Bill
- black and white
- Black Maria
- blotter
- bluebottle
- bobby
- body armour
- bomb squad
- breathalyser
- bust
- busy
- cadet
- captain
- carabiniere
- case
- Caucasian
- caution
- chief constable
- chief inspector
- chokey
- civilian
- clearskin
- commander
- commissaire
- commissioner
- Con
- constable
- constabulary
- contingent
- cop
- copper
- cop shop
- cordon
- corporal
- cruiser
- demon
- desaparecido
- detail
- detective
- e-fit
- filth
- finger
- first responder
- fizgig
- flatfoot
