Synonyms for police

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puh-lees

Phonetic Transcription : pəˈlis

Top 10 synonyms for police

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Définition of police

Origin : c.1530, at first essentially the same word as policy (n.1); from Middle French police (late 15c.), from Latin politia "civil administration," from Greek polis "city" (see polis).
Until mid-19c. used in England for "civil administration;" application to "administration of public order" (1716) is from French (late 17c.), and originally in English referred to France or other foreign nations. The first force so-named in England was the Marine Police, set up 1798 to protect merchandise at the Port of London. Police state "state regulated by means of national police" first recorded 1865, with reference to Austria. Police action in the international sense of "military intervention short of war, ostensibly to correct lawlessness" is from 1933. Police officer is attested from 1800. Police station is from 1817.

noun lawman

Example sentences :

He also is the chief of the police force and catches the thieves.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

There's police, an' them's there for boys to mind what they're about.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

There were reasons why none of them cared to come before the police court just now.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Why didn't you let them bring in their police and settle us?
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

The boys returned to their memories of insult, as they regarded the police force.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Then the police are their brothers' keepers, and not you and me, Sarah?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

But the ways of the police are not always those of ordinary decency.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

If it's blackmail, Mr. Irwin, why don't you consult the police?
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

In his anxiety he asked a police officer what would happen to him.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

But the police are out of sympathy with such finical methods.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

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