'Constabulary' definitions:
Definition of 'constabulary'
From: WordNet
noun
The force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary, law]
Definition of 'Constabulary'
From: GCIDE
- Constabulary \Con*stab"u*la*ry\, a. [LL. constabularius an equerry. See Constable.] Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Constabulary'
From: GCIDE
- Constabulary \Con*stab"u*la*ry\, n. The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'constabulary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bailiwick,
- bureau,
- Cheka,
- commissariat,
- constablery,
- constablewick,
- county police,
- department,
- FBI,
- Gestapo,
- highway patrol,
- Interpol,
- law enforcement agency,
- military police,
- ministry,
- Mounties,
- MP,
- municipality,
- MVD,
- NKVD,
- office,
- OGPU,
- police,
- police force,
- political police,
- posse,
- provincial police,
- RCMP,
- riot police,
- Scotland Yard,
- secret police,
- secretariat,
- security force,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffwick,
- shore patrol,
- shrievalty,
- SP,
- special police,
- state police,
- tactical police,
- troopers,
- vigilance committee,
- vigilantes