Police
noun
People who are officially in charge to maintain order, enforce laws and prevent crime.
The police chased the thief through the streets.
Often appears as...
- call the police
- police station
noun
The act of supervising, controlling or overseeing a specific area or activity.
The school principal believes in strict policing.
Often appears as...
- policing policies
- policing authority
verb
To enforce regulations or rules in a particular area or domain.
He policed the company's policy on personal use of the Internet.
Often appears as...
- police the rules
- police the streets
noun
People who are officially in charge to maintain order, enforce laws and prevent crime.
The police chased the thief through the streets.
Often appears as...
- call the police
- police station
noun
The act of supervising, controlling or overseeing a specific area or activity.
The school principal believes in strict policing.
Often appears as...
- policing policies
- policing authority
verb
To enforce regulations or rules in a particular area or domain.
He policed the company's policy on personal use of the Internet.
Often appears as...
- police the rules
- police the streets
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Always Plural
The word 'police' is always used as a plural noun and takes a plural verb.
The police are investigating the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Connotation
Police is associated with authority and power; be mindful of the tone in sensitive situations.
The police have the situation under control.
Pro Tip 3/3Emergency Reference
Use 'call the police' to indicate immediate action during emergencies or threatening situations.
There’s an intruder in my house; I need to call the police!
Pro Tip 1/3Always Plural
The word 'police' is always used as a plural noun and takes a plural verb.
The police are investigating the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Connotation
Police is associated with authority and power; be mindful of the tone in sensitive situations.
The police have the situation under control.
Pro Tip 3/3Emergency Reference
Use 'call the police' to indicate immediate action during emergencies or threatening situations.
There’s an intruder in my house; I need to call the police!
Pro Tip 1/3Always Plural
The word 'police' is always used as a plural noun and takes a plural verb.
The police are investigating the incident.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Connotation
Police is associated with authority and power; be mindful of the tone in sensitive situations.
The police have the situation under control.
Pro Tip 3/3Emergency Reference
Use 'call the police' to indicate immediate action during emergencies or threatening situations.
There’s an intruder in my house; I need to call the police!
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Video examples
Can you solve...
written by one of the smartest people in history? Let's give it a shot. The world's rarest fish has been stolen from the city aquarium. The police have followed the scent to a street with five identical looking houses. But they can't search all the houses at once, and if they pick the wrong one, the thief will know they're on his trail.
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How to raise a Black son...
and specifically, who in this world is afforded the privilege of being perceived as fully human. Over the course of the past several months, the world has watched as unarmed black men, and women, have had their lives taken at the hands of police and vigilante. These events and all that has transpired after them
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
Not a single one. But can you imagine how many might have if the police had stopped those kids and searched their pockets for drugs as they walked to class? Or had raided their frat parties in the middle of the night? Okay, you might say. But doesn't this high incarceration rate
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Srdja Popovic: How to...
That thing doesn't exist in the world. Whenever you see young people in front of the row trying to fraternize with the police or military, somebody was thinking about it before. Now, at the end, nonviolent discipline. And this is probably the game-changer.
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Kailash Satyarthi: How...
I stopped them, those people. I complained to the police. So the policemen, instead of helping me, they threw me in this small, tiny shell, like an animal. And that was the night of anger when one of the brightest and biggest ideas was born.
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The mega force of youth...
were the only news website from Kyrgyzstan that was telling the truth about what was going on because all the other media outlets were mostly telling that it is still police controlling this region which was very far from reality
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
Kenya's poor are five times more likely to be shot dead by the police who are meant to protect them than by criminals. This was reinforced by the political climate of the day. We had a president, Moi, who was a dictator.
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
That's incredible. It's amazing how we're not able to hear that with our human ears. It's just this entire different world on a different wavelength of sound. So this here's a FLIR it's typically used by police.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
Talk to us a bit about some of the things that have actually been happening to, for example, boost police training. How hard a process is that? Well, one of the glorious things that's starting to happen now
Video examples
The Constant Fear of...
cops I'm a big supporter of the police department but what I'm not a big fan of is those who take it in their own hands and are abusing their authority and abusing their power and claiming fear
Video examples
Can you solve...
written by one of the smartest people in history? Let's give it a shot. The world's rarest fish has been stolen from the city aquarium. The police have followed the scent to a street with five identical looking houses. But they can't search all the houses at once, and if they pick the wrong one, the thief will know they're on his trail.
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
and specifically, who in this world is afforded the privilege of being perceived as fully human. Over the course of the past several months, the world has watched as unarmed black men, and women, have had their lives taken at the hands of police and vigilante. These events and all that has transpired after them
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
Not a single one. But can you imagine how many might have if the police had stopped those kids and searched their pockets for drugs as they walked to class? Or had raided their frat parties in the middle of the night? Okay, you might say. But doesn't this high incarceration rate
Video examples
Srdja Popovic: How to...
That thing doesn't exist in the world. Whenever you see young people in front of the row trying to fraternize with the police or military, somebody was thinking about it before. Now, at the end, nonviolent discipline. And this is probably the game-changer.
Video examples
Kailash Satyarthi: How...
I stopped them, those people. I complained to the police. So the policemen, instead of helping me, they threw me in this small, tiny shell, like an animal. And that was the night of anger when one of the brightest and biggest ideas was born.
Video examples
The mega force of youth...
were the only news website from Kyrgyzstan that was telling the truth about what was going on because all the other media outlets were mostly telling that it is still police controlling this region which was very far from reality
Video examples
Boniface Mwangi: The day...
Kenya's poor are five times more likely to be shot dead by the police who are meant to protect them than by criminals. This was reinforced by the political climate of the day. We had a president, Moi, who was a dictator.
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
That's incredible. It's amazing how we're not able to hear that with our human ears. It's just this entire different world on a different wavelength of sound. So this here's a FLIR it's typically used by police.
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
Talk to us a bit about some of the things that have actually been happening to, for example, boost police training. How hard a process is that? Well, one of the glorious things that's starting to happen now
Video examples
The Constant Fear of...
cops I'm a big supporter of the police department but what I'm not a big fan of is those who take it in their own hands and are abusing their authority and abusing their power and claiming fear
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Marlene Dietrich
American Actress
How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
The P.C. police are out in force at all times... We've reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say.
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Jack Nicholson
American Actor
You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
American Actor
I think police officers are modern day heroes. I think they protect us.
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George Osborne
British Politician
The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police.
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Keith Ellison
American Politician
The United States' job is not to police the whole world.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Nicola Walker
English Actress
I completely respect the job our police do.
Quote examples
Marc Veasey
American Politician
I want police to be protected.
Quote examples
Marlene Dietrich
American Actress
How do you know love is gone? If you said that you would be there at seven and you get there by nine, and he or she has not called the police yet - it's gone.
Quote examples
Ben Carson
American Scientist
The P.C. police are out in force at all times... We've reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say.
Quote examples
Jack Nicholson
American Actor
You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
Quote examples
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
American Actor
I think police officers are modern day heroes. I think they protect us.
Quote examples
George Osborne
British Politician
The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police.
Quote examples
Keith Ellison
American Politician
The United States' job is not to police the whole world.
Quote examples
Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them.
Quote examples
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
Quote examples
Nicola Walker
English Actress
I completely respect the job our police do.
Quote examples
Marc Veasey
American Politician
I want police to be protected.
Example 1 of 10
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