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How to pronounce “police”
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Pronunciation guide for police
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of police with real speech in context.
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- Definition summary
- (law enforcement) A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly [from 18th c.]
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How to pronounce police
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Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “police”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (law enforcement) A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly [from 18th c.]
- (usually plural only) The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer. [from 19th c.]
- (figuratively, usually ironic and mildly derogatory) People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
- (military, slang) Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
- (archaic, now rare) Synonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete) Alternative form of policy. [15th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) Alternative form of polity, civilization, a regulated community. [16th–19th c.]
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
- (ambitransitive, military, slang) To clean up an area.
- (transitive, figurative) To enforce norms or standards upon.
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