Found 4 items, similar to Police.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: police
polisi
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: police
polisi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: police
police
n : the force of policemen and officers;
“the law came looking
for him” [syn:
police force,
constabulary,
law]
police
v : maintain the security of by carrying out a control [syn:
patrol]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Police
Police
\Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a
state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a
citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr.
? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf.
Policy polity,
Polity.]
1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a
city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights,
order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement
of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of
the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or
borough.
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2. That which concerns the order of the community; the
internal regulation of a state.
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3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or
district, whose particular duties are the preservation of
good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the
enforcement of the laws.
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4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to
preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements
in a camp or garrison.
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5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp
as to cleanliness.
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Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a
board, commissioned to regulate and control the
appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.
Police constable, or
Police officer, a policeman.
Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before
it by the police.
Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a
superintendent.
Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise
jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes,
etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.
Police justice, or
Police magistrate, a judge of a police
court.
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of
the community, of which a police court may have final
jurisdiction.
Police station, 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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Police
\Po*lice"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Policed; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Policing.]
1. To keep in order by police.
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2. (Mil.) To make clean; as, to police a camp.
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