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Meaning of 'police' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Police [ n.]
- 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.
- That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state.
- 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.
- Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.
- The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state / a camp as to cleanliness.
2 . Police [ v. t.]
- To keep in order by police.
- To make clean; as, to police a camp.

Meaning of 'police' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . police [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the force of policemen and officers
Example in sentence:
  • the law came looking for him

Nearby Words:

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