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Definitions for Police

[1] Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
[2] (used with a plural verb ) members of such a force: Several police are patrolling the neighborhood.
[3] the regulation and control of a community, especially for the maintenance of public order, safety, health, morals, etc.
[4] the department of the government concerned with this, especially with the maintenance of order.
[5] any body of people officially maintained or employed to keep order, enforce regulations, etc.
[6] people who seek to regulate a specified activity, practice, etc.: the language police.
[7] Military . (in the U.S. Army) the cleaning and keeping clean of a camp, post, station, etc. the condition of a camp, post, station, etc., with reference to cleanliness.
[8] to regulate, control, or keep in order by or as if by means of police.
[9] Military . to clean and keep clean (a camp, post, etc.)
[10] the police the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc (as modifier ) a police inquiry
[11] (functioning as plural) the members of such a force collectively
[12] any organized body with a similar function security police
[13] archaic the regulation and control of a community, esp in regard to the enforcement of law, the prevention of crime, etc the department of government concerned with this
[14] to regulate, control, or keep in order by means of a police or similar force
[15] to observe or record the activity or enforcement of a committee was set up to police the new agreement on picketing
[16] US to make or keep (a military camp, etc) clean and orderly

Words related to Police

detective, force, man, corps, bluecoat, pig, blue, law, badge, patrolman, bear, heat, bull, cop, bobby, constable, fuzz, gumshoe, copper, constabulary

Words nearby Police

poleyn, polglish, poli sci, poliakoff, polianite, police, police action, police car, police court, police dog, police force

Origin of Police

1520–30; < Middle French: government, civil administration, police < Late Latin polītia citizenship, government, for Latin polītīa; see polity

Other words from Police

o·ver·po·lice , verb (used with object), o·ver·po·liced, o·ver·po·lic·ing.
pre·po·lice , adjective
self-po·lic·ing , adjective
un·po·liced , adjective
well-po·liced , adjective

Word origin for Police

C16: via French from Latin polītīa administration, government; see polity

Synonyms for Police

detective, force, law enforcement, man, badge, bear, blue, bluecoat, bobby, bull, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, fed, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, gumshoe, heat, law, narc, officers, oink, patrolman, pig, boy scout, county mounty