police

1. (plural, usually plural)A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.

   Call the police!

   Police! help! Police! help!

2. A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime.

   (Canada, US, historical, plural, usually plural)A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.

   Polizei

   поли́цияpolícija, мили́цияmilícija

   полі́ціяpolícija, мілі́ціяmilícija

3. (UK, plural, usually plural)A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory.

   Scotland Yard is, technically speaking, only the metropolitan police for Greater London but because of their importance they have special jurisdiction for some crimes across the United Kingdom.

4. (Australia, New Zealand, plural, usually plural)Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.

5. (plural, usually plural, plural only, usually)The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer.

6. (derogatory, figuratively, ironic, mildly, plural, usually plural, usually)People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.

   Who called the fashion police?

7. (plural, usually plural, slang)Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.

8. (archaic, plural, usually plural)Synonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society.

1. The police caught up with him.

   Поліція наздогнала його. — ChickenKiev

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2. The police are looking into it.

   Поліція проводить розслідування. — aandrusiak

   ruПолиция расследует это. — corvard

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3. He was caught by the police.

   Його схопила поліція. — deniko

   ruЕго схватила полиция. — odexed

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4. I just spoke with the police.

   Я щойно говорив із поліцією. — deniko

   ruЯ только что разговаривал с полицией. — psykami

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5. Why didn't you call the police?

   Чому ти не зателефонував до поліції? — deniko

   ruПочему ты не вызвал полицию? — marafon

   deWarum hast du nicht die Polizei gerufen? — dinkel_girl

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