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See also:Police,poliçe,policé,andpolicë

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchpolice, fromLatinpolītīa(“state, government”), fromAncient Greekπολιτεία(politeía).Doublet ofpolicy andpolity.

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Noun

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police pl (normally plural,singularpolice)

  2. (law enforcement) Apublicagencycharged withenforcinglaws andmaintainingpublicorder,usually beinggrantedspecialprivileges todoso,particularly[from 18th c.]
    • 1943, Charles Reith,British Police and the Democratic Ideal,pp. 3–4:
      There are ninePrinciples ofPolice:
      ...
      7To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that thepolice are the public and that the public are thepolice; thepolice being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 18, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make arow with thepolice[…]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
    • 1990 Sept. 13, David Black & al., "Prescription for Death",Law & Order, 00:00:01:
      In the criminal justice system, thePeople are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: thepolice, who investigate crime, and thedistrict attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
    • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Citadel Security Services (C-Sec) Codex entry:
      Citadel Security is a volunteerpolice service answering to the Citadel Council. The 200,000 constables of C-Sec are responsible for maintaining public order in the densely populated Citadel.
    • 2019 August 11, Mike Ives, “Hong Kong Protesters Gather Amid Fears of Mob Violence”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on2019-08-11‎[2]:
      The rally on Sunday in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district, was authorized in advance by thepolice. But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point. Thepolice rejected their application for a permit.
    Call thepolice!
    1. (Canada,US and historical) Adepartment oflocal (usuallymunicipal)governmentresponsible forgenerallaw enforcement.
      TheCook CountySheriff's Department hasjurisdiction across most ofChicago but focuses on theunincorporated area and tasks like prisoner transport, leaving the rest to the ChicagoPolice Department.
    2. (UK) Abranch of theHome Officeresponsible forgenerallaw enforcement within aspecificterritory.
      Scotland Yard is, technically speaking, only themetropolitan police forGreater London but because of their importance they have specialjurisdiction for some crimes across the United Kingdom.
    3. (Australia, New Zealand)Any of theformallyenactedlaw enforcementagencies atvariouslevels ofgovernment.
  3. (usually plural only) Thestaff ofsuch adepartment oragency,particularly itsofficers;(regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) anindividualpolice officer.[from 19th c.]
    • 2006 Sept. 17,David Mills, "Soft Eyes",The Wire, 00:06:50:
      Pearlman: Very clever, Lester. You got it all figured, huh?
      Freamon: Me? I'm just apolice.
    • 2006, David Simon,Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets‎[3],→ISBN, page440:
      This time it is the worst kind of call a murderpolice can get.
  4. (figuratively, usually ironic and mildly derogatory)People whotry toenforcenorms orstandardsas ifgrantedauthoritysimilar to thepolice.
    Who called thefashionpolice?
    • 2010,Mary Beard,It's a Don's Life,→ISBN, page147:
      Then there were the tastepolice, who thought that this bulky modern machine was an inappropriate intrusion[…]
    • 2016 February 5, “How the circumflex became France's bête noire”, inThe Guardian‎[4]:
      A major drama has broken out in France after the local languagepolice decreed one of their cute little accents to be largely redundant
  5. (military, slang)Cleanup of amilitaryfacility, as aformalduty.
    • 1907,Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, concerning the Affray at Brownsville, Tex. on the Night of August 13 and 14, 1906, volume 2:
      Q.[…] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters.
      Q. You had been on guard and went onpolice duty? You were policing, cleaning up around the barracks? — A. Yes, sir.
  6. (archaic, now rare)Synonym ofadministration, theregulation of acommunity orsociety.[from 17th c.]
    • 2002,Colin Jones,The Greta Nation, Penguin, published2003, page218:
      The notion of ‘police’ – that is, rational administration – was seen as a historical force which could bring civilized improvement to societies.
  7. (obsolete)Alternative form ofpolicy.[15th–19th c.]
  8. (obsolete)Alternative form ofpolity,civilization, aregulatedcommunity.[16th–19th c.]

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  • In North America and the UK, localpolice are generally distinguished from regional, national, and specialized law enforcement officers such assheriffs,marshals,bailiffs,FBIspecial agents, andNCAinvestigators. In Australia and New Zealand and in translation of the law enforcement agencies of other countries,police may refer indiscriminately to law enforcement agencies and officers at any level.

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Translations

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local or general law enforcement agency

Verb

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police (third-person singular simple presentpolices,present participlepolicing,simple past and past participlepoliced)

  1. (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
    Extra security was hired topolice the crowd at the big game.
    • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, inThe Onion AV Club:
      Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated topolicing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.
    • 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8848:
      Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector. Governments have to find the best people to fill important jobs: there is a limited supply of people who understand the financial system, for example.
    • 2021 July 28, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Confusion and dissent over face mask requirements: Reaction to the Guidance: Train operators”, inRAIL, number936, page 7:
      Train operators were reluctant to speak toRAIL on the record, but one responded: "The unions are rightly very clear that they don't want staffpolicing face coverings after the removal of legal backing.
  2. (ambitransitive, military, slang) To clean up an area.
    • 1900,Proceedings of the eighth annual meeting, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States:
      This comes to him through the company housekeeping, for in the field each organization takes care of itself, cooks its own food, makes its own beds, does its ownpolicing (cleaning up);[…]
    • 1907,Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, concerning the Affray at Brownsville, Tex. on the Night of August 13 and 14, 1906, volume 2:
      Q.[…] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters.
      Q. You had been on guard and went on police duty? You werepolicing, cleaning up around the barracks? — A. Yes, sir.
    • 1986, Oliver Stone,Platoon (film script)
      ELIAS:Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks.
    • 2006,Robert B. Parker,Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam,,→ISBN, page275:
      "Fire off several rounds in a residential building and stop topolice the brass?"
  3. (transitive, figurative) To enforce norms or standards upon.
    topolice a person's identity

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Czechpolicě, fromProto-Slavic*polica.

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Noun

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police f

  1. shelf (a structure)

Declension

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Declension ofpolice (soft feminine)
singularplural
nominativepolicepolice
genitivepolicepolic
dativepolicipolicím
accusativepolicipolice
vocativepolicepolice
locativepolicipolicích
instrumentalpolicípolicemi

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “police”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
  • “police”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
  • “police”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025

Danish

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Etymology

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ViaMiddle Frenchpolice andItalianpolizza fromAncient Greekἀπόδειξις(apódeixis,“proof”).

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Noun

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police c (singular definitepolicen,plural indefinitepolicer)

  1. policy (an insurance contract)

Declension

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Declension ofpolice
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativepolicepolicenpolicerpolicerne
genitivepolicespolicenspolicerspolicernes

French

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromLate Latinpolītīa(“state, government”), fromAncient Greekπολιτεία(politeía).

Noun

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police f (pluralpolices)

  1. police
    Coordinate terms:gendarmerie,sûreté
    Fuyez, lapolice arrive ! ―Run, thepolice are coming!
  2. (Quebec, colloquial)cop(police officer)
    Synonyms:flic,gendarme,keuf,policier
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromItalianpolizza.

Noun

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police f (pluralpolices)

  1. (insurance)policy
    police d’assurance ―insurancepolicy
  2. (typography)font
    police de caractères ―font family
    police d’écriture ―typeface
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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police

  1. inflection ofpolicer:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

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Middle French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinpolitia.

Noun

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police f (pluralpolices)

  1. governance;management
    • 1577, Jean d'Ogerolles, Discours sur la contagion de peste qui a esté ceste presente annee en la ville de Lyon,front cover
      contenant les causes d'icelle, l'ordre, moyen etpolice tenue pour en purger, nettoyer et delivrer la ville (subheading)
      containing the causes, the order, means and management employed to purge, clean and deliver the city

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinpolitia.

Noun

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police f (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey)police

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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police

  1. inflection ofpolica:
    1. genitivesingular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural

Slovak

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Noun

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police

  1. genitivesingular ofpolica
  2. nominativeplural ofpolica
  3. accusativeplural ofpolica
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