'Police' definitions:
Definition of 'police'
From: WordNet
noun
The force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary, law]
verb
Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol [syn: patrol, police]
Definition of 'Police'
From: GCIDE
- Police \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp as to cleanliness. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Police'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'police'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Police'
- Policate,
- Policed,
- Policing,
- Police commissioner,
- Police constable,
- Police court,
- Police inspector,
- Police jury,
- Police justice,
- Police magistrate,
- Police offenses,
- Police officer,
- Police power,
- Police station,
- kitchen police,
- military police,
- police academy,
- police action,
- police blotter,
- police boat,
- police captain,
- police car,
- police chief,
- police cruiser,
- police department,
- police detective,
- police dog,
- police force,
- police headquarters,
- police investigation,
- police lieutenant,
- police lineup,
- police matron,
- police precinct,
- police sergeant,
- police squad,
- police state,
- police van,
- police wagon,
- police whistle,
- police work,
- secret police,
- german police dog,
- royal canadian mounted police