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IELTS BNC: 328 COCA: 468

police

1 police /pəˈliːs/ noun
1 police
/pəˈliːs/
noun
Learner's definition of POLICE
[plural]
: the people or the department of people who enforce laws, investigate crimes, and make arrests警方;警察部门
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
see also military police, secret police

help the police with their inquiries

see inquiry
2 police /pəˈliːs/ verb
polices; policed; policing
2 police
/pəˈliːs/
verb
polices; policed; policing
Learner's definition of POLICE
[+ object]
: to control and keep order in (an area) by the use of police or military forces维护治安;维护秩序
: to control (something) by making sure that rules and regulations are being followed管制;监督

— policing

/pəˈliːsɪŋ/ noun [noncount]
IELTS BNC: 328 COCA: 468

police

1 of 2

noun

plural police
often attributive
1
a
: the department of government concerned primarily with maintenance of public order, safety, and health and enforcement of laws and possessing executive, judicial, and legislative powers
b
: the department of government charged with prevention, detection, and prosecution of public nuisances and crimes
2
b
plural : police officers
3
a
: a private organization resembling a police force
campus police
b
plural : the members of a private police organization
4
: one attempting to regulate or censor a specified field or activity
the fashion police
5
a
: the internal organization or regulation of a political unit through exercise of governmental powers especially with respect to general comfort, health, morals, safety, or prosperity
b
: control and regulation of affairs affecting the general order and welfare of any unit or area
c
: the system of laws for effecting such control
6
a
: the action or process of cleaning and putting in order
b
: military personnel detailed to perform this function

police

2 of 2

verb

po·​lice pə-ˈlēs How to pronounce police (audio)
policed; policing

transitive verb

1
: to control, regulate, or keep in order by use of police
2
: to perform the functions of a police force in or over
3
a
: to supervise the operation, execution, or administration of to prevent or detect and prosecute violations of rules and regulations
b
: to exercise such supervision over the policies and activities of
4
: to make clean and put in order
5
archaic : govern

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun Police arrested a man whom they identified as the murderer. the appearance of a ransom note meant that the teenager's disappearance was now a matter for the police Verb The officers police the streets for reckless drivers. The coast is policed by the military. The international agency polices the development of atomic energy facilities.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The suspect fled south on 15th Street from Callowhill Street, police said. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2022 All involved parties are cooperating with the investigation, police said. Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2022 After the gunshot, the shooter continued heading north on I-95, police said. Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022 The man administered aid until paramedics arrived and pronounced her dead, police said. Christopher Weber, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022 The case remained under investigation with pending charges, police said. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2022 Chairs, bottles and hookah pipes were thrown, police said at the time, causing minor injuries to that woman and another employee of the club. Christie D’zurillastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 Officers found Santos-Melendez with gunshot wounds in a convenience store parking lot in the 7700 block of 23rd Avenue just before 1 a.m. on Sept. 5, police said. Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 One person is dead and a second is hospitalized after three cars crashed in Coconut Creek on Thursday afternoon, police said. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022
Verb
Russia is in a security alliance with Armenia and deployed hundreds of troops there as peace-keepers to police the deal and enforce the lines separating the sides in the enclave. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2022 Efforts to police or self-regulate the industry have only ended up exacerbating this issue. Pete Rizzo, Forbes, 4 July 2022 These artists, making art on our own terms, owning our truths and expressing ourselves freely and unapologetically in a world that tries to control and police our bodies, my body and our decisions, my decision. Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 27 June 2022 In China, where the authorities tightly police and punish speech both online and offline, public opinion appears largely sympathetic to Mr. Putin. Chris Buckley, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 Allowing the Steve-Peggy branch means having to police that reality and prevent other Nexus events within it. Chris Smith, BGR, 28 July 2021 Clearly, this is no time for the U to police less or collaborate less with other law enforcement agencies. Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021 We've been advised to set boundaries, police their screen time or get on the digital fun bus ourselves and trade some elf shrews with TinkerBelle2012. Amy Brill, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2021 We’ve been advised to set boundaries, police their screen time or get on the digital fun bus ourselves and trade some elf shrews with TinkerBelle2012 or FartFace11. Washington Post, 24 May 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, "regulation of public affairs," borrowed from Middle French, "administrative organization, conduct of a collective body (as the government or church)," borrowed from Late Latin polītīa "citizenship, political organization, constitution of a state, administrative direction" (Latin, the title of Plato's dialogue The Republic), borrowed from Greek polīteía "body of citizens, citizenship, government, administration, constitution of a state, republican government," collective or abstract derivative of polī́tēs "citizen, freeman," from pólis "citadel, city, community of citizens, city-state" + -ītēs -ite entry 1; pólis going back to o-grade ablaut of an Indo-European base *pelH-, whence also, from zero-grade *pl̥H-, Sanskrit púr-, pū́ḥ "wall, rampart," Lithuanian pilìs "fortress, castle," Latvian pils

Note: The sense "government body charged with the maintenance of public order," apparently first current in Scotland in the eighteenth century or earlier, was borrowed from French, where it originated in the seventeenth century as a concretization of an earlier more abstract sense "public order." Middle French police is a doublet of policie policy entry 1; police developed from a variant of Late Latin polītīa with stress shifted to the second syllable, policie from a form with stress on the third syllable, its expected position by Latin stress rules. In English before ca. 1700 police appears to have usually been stressed on the first syllable (as also policy); this pronunciation remains regional in the British isles and the U.S. — Greek has a variant ptólis that occurs in Homer and in dialects (Cypriot, Thessalian, Arcadian). R. Beekes (Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009) suggests as an Indo-European reconstruction *tpolH- to account for this. The sequence -oli- in this word, with what appears to be o-grade, has been explained as a regular outcome of *-l̥h1- in Greek, which would make pólis directly comparable to Sanskrit púr-, pū́ḥ (see discussion in A.L. Sihler, Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, 1995, p. 104; and K. Strunk, "Verkannte Spuren eines weiteren Tiefstufentyps im Griechischen," Glotta, Band 47 [1969], pp. 1-8).

Verb

in sense 5 borrowed from Middle French policier "to administer, govern, control," derivative of police "administrative organization"; in other senses verbal derivative of police entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

1698, in the meaning defined at sense 5a

Verb

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 5

Time Traveler
The first known use of police was in 1589
IELTS BNC: 328 COCA: 468
police

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + POLICE | POLICE + VERB | POLICE + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVEarmed, mounted武裝警察;騎警plain-clothes, uniformed便衣警察;穿制服的警察undercover卧底警察riot, traffic防暴警察;交通警察military, paramilitary, secret, security軍事/準軍事/秘密/治安警察airport, border, campus, city, county, federal, local, national, state機場警察;邊境警察;校園警察;城市警察;縣警察;聯邦警察;地方警察;國家警察;州警察fashion, thought (both figurative) 時尚/思想警察Following this rule will keep the fashion police off your tail.按照這個規則做可使你擺脫時尚警察的盯梢。VERB + POLICEcall, contact打電話叫警察;與警方聯繫alert, inform, notify, tell報警;向警方告發involve把警察牽涉進來I'd really rather not involve the police.我真的不願意把警察捲進來。elude, evade逃避警方POLICE + VERBarrest sb, detain sb警察逮捕某人/扣留某人catch sb警察抓住某人charge sb警方起訴某人The police charged him with impaired driving.警方指控他酒後駕駛。patrol sth警察巡邏⋯raid sth警方突然搜查⋯The police raided his shop.警方突擊搜查了他的店鋪。arrive, respond警方到達/作出反應The police arrived to break up the battle.警察趕到,驅散了那場打鬥。interview sb, question sb警察審問某人/盤問某人investigate sth警察調查⋯harass sb警方騷擾某人appeal for sth (especially BrE) 警方呼籲⋯Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.警方呼籲目擊者出來提供線索。POLICE + NOUNcaptain, chief, commissioner, constable, detective, inspector, lieutenant, officer警察局巡官隊長;(郡縣或地區的)警察局長;警察廳長;普通警員;警探;警局巡官;警察副隊長;警官spokesman警方發言人investigator, official警方調查人員;警方官員department, headquarters, station警察局;警察總部;派出所academy (especially NAmE) 警察學院cell (BrE) 警察局的單人牢房He spent the night in a police cell after his arrest.他被捕後在警察局的小囚室裏過了一夜。report警方的報告Police reports state that at around 6.30 p.m. Poole and a relative had an argument in his backyard.警方報告指出,在下午大約 6 點 30 分,普爾和一個親戚在後院有過爭吵。Contact your local police department to file a police report. (NAmE) 請與當地的警察部門聯繫報案。blotter (NAmE) 警方記錄冊His name has never shown up on the police blotter (= written record of arrests).他的名字從來沒有在警察的記錄簿中出現過。record警方記錄I had a police record.我有過一次違警記錄。car, cruiser, helicopter, van, vehicle警車;警方巡邏車;警用直升機;廂式警車an unmarked police car無標誌的警車siren警笛driver, marksman警車司機;警方神射手dog, horse警犬;警用馬uniform警察制服authorities, force, service警察當局/部隊/隊伍unit警察分隊enquiries, investigation警方訊問/調查interrogation, surveillance警方審問/監視escort警方的護送The visiting fans returned to the station under police escort.客隊的球迷在警方的護送下回到火車站。patrol警察巡邏A routine police patrol spotted signs of a break-in at the offices.警方在一次例行巡邏中發現了有人非法闖入辦公室的跡象。raid警方的突擊搜捕Nine arrests were made in a series of police raids across the city.警察在對全市的一系列突擊搜捕中逮捕了 9 人。presence駐警There was a huge police presence at the demonstration.遊行示威現場部署了大批警察。protection警方的保護All prosecution witnesses were given police protection.原告的所有證人都得到了警方保護。barricades, cordon, lines警方設置的路障/封鎖線/警戒線Some protesters managed to break through the police cordon.一些抗議者衝破了警察的警戒線。checkpoint, roadblock警方的檢查站;警方設置的路障chase警方追捕shooting警察射擊informant, informer警方線人abuse, brutality, corruption, harassment, misconduct, violence警方的濫用職權/暴行/腐敗/騷擾/瀆職行為/暴力state警察國家The country looks more and more like a police state.這個國家看上去越來越像個警察國家。PHRASEShelping the police with their enquiries (BrE) 接受警方訊問No arrest has been made, but a man is helping the police with their enquiries.沒有人被捕,但是有一名男子正接受警方訊問。in police custody被警方拘押He was held in police custody for a month.他被警方拘留了一個月。

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