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police(1) (iou)

police noun. L15.
[French from medieval Latin politia from Latin: see POLICY noun1, -ICE1: cf. POLITY. See also POLIS noun2.]
I.
The regulation and control of a community; civil administration; public order. obsolete exc. Hist. Orig. Scot. L15.
Civil organization; civilization. M16-M19.
A government department which is concerned with maintaining public order and safety, and enforcing the law. E18.
a. The civil force of a State, responsible for maintaining public order, enforcing the law, and detecting crime; (treated as pl.), the members of such a force; a constabulary. Also, any force resembling this whose function is to keep order, enforce regulations, etc. E19.
military police, railway police, secret police, thought police, etc. police boat, police car, police cell, police escort, police patrol, police raid, etc. help the police in their enquiries, help the police with their enquiries: see HELP verb. Prefect of Police: see PREFECT 1.
L. Duncan I'm going to the police, and I'm going to tell them everything.
b. A police officer. Chiefly Scot. & US colloq. M19.
The cleansing or cleanliness of a camp or garrison. US. E19.
II.
= POLICY noun1 3, 4a, 4b. M16-M18.
Comb.: police action (a) the deeds or activity of the police, an instance of this; (b) (a) military intervention without a formal declaration of war; police bail the release of a person in police custody with a recognizance that he or she will return at an appointed time; police box a telephone box specially for the use of police or for members of the public wishing to contact the police; police constable: see CONSTABLE 4b; police court a magistrates' court; police dispatcher US a staff-member in a police station who receives information and transmits it to police patrols; police dog (a) a dog, esp. a German shepherd, used by the police to track criminals, lost people, etc.; (b) a German shepherd dog. police force an organized body of police officers of various ranks, responsible for maintaining and enforcing law and order in a particular town, country, etc.; police informer a person who gives information about crimes committed and offenders to the police, esp. habitually; police judge Scot. & US a police magistrate; police magistrate a stipendiary magistrate who presides in a police court; police matron a policewoman who takes charge of women or juveniles at a police station or in court; police message a message broadcast on Radio etc. at the request of the police; police novel: describing crime and its detection by police; police office the headquarters of a police force; police officer (a) an official whose function is to maintain public order; (b) a member of a police force; policeperson a police officer; police positive a type of Colt's pistol; police procedural adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to police procedure; (b) noun a police novel; police record a dossier kept by the police on all people convicted of crime; a personal history which includes some conviction for crime; police reporter a newspaper reporter who concentrates on stories concerning crime and police activity; police science the branch of science that deals with the investigation of crime; police scientist an expert in police science; police State a totalitarian State controlled by a national police force with secret supervision of citizens' activities; police station the headquarters of a local police force; police trap a means, used by the police, of detecting speeding motorists or apprehending wanted people; police wagon US a patrol wagon; police-witness a witness whose testimony supports a police prosecution; policewoman a female member of a police force.
policedom noun the body of police; police collectively: M19.

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia travel guide (tourism)

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