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Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:

police /pəˡliːs/ plural noun polizia f transitive verb pattugliare ‹area›;
sorvegliare ‹behaviour›

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English:

anti-riot - blotter - by - chief inspector - chief of police - chief superintendent - count - dawn raid - detain - draft - fuzz - hand - interrogation - Metropolitan police - mounted police - move - nick - officer - operations room - PC - pd - pick - police car - police state - police station - raid - report - riot police - secret police - squad car - station - superintendent - swoop - turn - unmarked

Italian:

agente - cane - carabiniere - caserma - cellulare - civetta - commissariato - commissario - delatore - DIGOS - finanza - forestale - forza - gazzella - guardia - ispettore - pantera - pattuglia - polizia - poliziesco - poliziotto - posto - precedente - P.S. - pubblico - questore - questura - schedato - stradale - vigilanza - vigilato - vigile

police: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
police	n	(force keeping public order)	polizia nf
The city depends on an independent police.
Sulla città vigila una polizia indipendente.
police	n	(police officers, collectively)	polizia nf
The police arrived on the scene.
Sul posto è arrivata la polizia.
Additional Translations
police	vtr	(control using the police)	controllare, vigilare, sorvegliare vtr ⇒ ⇒ ⇒
The riot squad policed the crowd.
La squadra antisommossa controllava la folla.
police	vtr	(patrol, monitor)	controllare, vigilare, sorvegliare vtr ⇒ ⇒ ⇒
The soldiers policed the area.
I soldati controllavano l'area.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
chief of police	n	US (head of police department)	capo della polizia nm
In Britain the chief of police is called the chief constable.
Il capo della polizia ha potere su agenti e ufficiali.
county police			polizia locale
military police			polizia militare
mounted police			postazione di polizia
plain-clothes police officer			poliziotto in borghese nm
police action			azione di polizia
police action			intervento di polizia
police badge			distintivo di polizia
police blotter			un registro della polizia
police captain			capitano di polizia
police car		macchina della polizia	gazzella nf
police car		macchina della polizia	volante nmf
police chief			comandante di polizia
police commissioner			commissario di polizia
police commissioner			questore nm
police constable			agente di polizia
police court			tribunale di polizia
police detective			investigatore di polizia
police dog			cane poliziotto
police force			forze di polizia
police headquarters			questura nf
police inspector			ispettore di polizia
police interrogation			interrogatorio
police investigation			indagine di polizia
police jury			nello Stato della Luisiana, gruppo di ufficiali con potere giurisdizionale congiunto su certi casi d
police lieutenant			tenente di polizia
police office			ufficio di polizia
police officer			agente di polizia
police officer			funzionario di polizia
police officer			ufficiale di polizia
police power			potere di polizia
police sergeant			sergente di polizia
police state			stato di polizia
police station			commissariato di polizia
police station		legale	commissariato nm
police van			cellulare nm
political police			polizia politica
riot police			polizia antisommossa
secret police			polizia segreta
special police			polizia speciale
state police			polizia statale
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'police' in the title:
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a spectator shot while watching a police shootout
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Chief of Police
City Police Commissioner expected to resign
Clergy Titles and police officer
Congress acts as Police chief resigns
drive the police nuts
filed by the police
He is forced to call the police on his soon-to-be ex-wife
Health certificate/police check
I won´t hesitate to call the police!
Library police
Mayor considers police command shake-up
Metropolitan Police homicide and serious crime directorate
Name of police security in Italy
police artist
Police certificate
police checks
police contacts
Police emergency joke
Police instruction: Please get out of your car, Sir, and open the boot/trunk
police log
police officer
police record vs criminal record
Police Training Fund
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