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police

/pəˈliːs/

noun[usually plural]8

  1. the people whose job is to make others follow the law and to stop crime
  2. (US, Canada) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
  3. (UK) A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory.
  4. (Australia, New-Zealand) Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.
  5. [usually plural, plural only] The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer.
  6. (figurative) People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
  7. (slang) Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
  8. (no longer used) Synonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society.

verb3

  1. To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
  2. (figurative) To enforce norms or standards upon.
  3. (slang) To clean up an area.
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