police : Idioms & Phrases

• noun breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
  German shepherd; German shepherd dog; alsatian.
  

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• noun an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
  KP.
  

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• noun a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
  MP.
  

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• noun an academy for training police officers
  

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• noun a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order
  

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• noun the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
  rap sheet; charge sheet; day book; blotter.
  

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• noun a boat used by harbor police
  

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• noun a policeman in charge of a precinct
  police captain; captain.
  

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• noun a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
  cruiser; squad car; prowl car; patrol car; police car.
  

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• noun a policeman in charge of a precinct
  police captain; captain.
  

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• noun a civil commissioner appointed to supervise the duties and discipline of the police
  

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• a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.

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• noun a police officer of the lowest rank
  constable.
  

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• a policeman.

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• noun a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses
  

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• a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police.

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• noun a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
  cruiser; squad car; prowl car; patrol car; police car.
  

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• noun the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime
  

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• noun a police officer who investigates crimes
  detective; tec; investigator.
  

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• noun any dog trained to assist police especially in tracking
  

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• noun the force of policemen and officers
  law; police; constabulary.
  
  • the law came looking for him

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• noun a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought
  station house; police headquarters.
  

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• an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent.

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• noun the investigation of criminal activities
  police investigation.
  

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• a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; so called in Louisiana. Bouvier.

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• a judge of a police court.

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• noun an officer in a police force
  lieutenant.
  

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• noun a woman policeman
  policewoman.
  

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• (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction.

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• noun a member of a police force
  officer; policeman.
  
  • it was an accident, officer

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• noun a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force
  

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• noun a lawman with the rank of sergeant
  sergeant.
  

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• noun a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime
  squad.
  

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• noun a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
  

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• noun a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought
  station house; police headquarters.
  

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• 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.

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• noun van used by police to transport prisoners
  wagon; police van; paddy wagon; patrol wagon; black Maria.
  

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• noun van used by police to transport prisoners
  wagon; police van; paddy wagon; patrol wagon; black Maria.
  

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• noun the investigation of criminal activities
  police investigation.
  

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• noun the federal police force of Canada
  Mounties; RCMP.
  

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• noun a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)
  

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