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English noun: police | |||
| 1. | police (group) the force of policemen and officers | ||
| Samples | The law came looking for him. | ||
| Synonyms | constabulary, law, police force | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, law enforcement agency, personnel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | European Law Enforcement Organisation, Europol, gendarmerie, gendarmery, Mounties, Mutawa, Mutawa'een, New Scotland Yard, posse, posse comitatus, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Schutzstaffel, Scotland Yard, secret police, SS | ||
| Member holonym | officer, police officer, policeman | ||
English verb: police | |||
| 1. | police (social) maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | ||
| Synonyms | patrol | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | guard | ||
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