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constabulary

/kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/ adjective C2
  1. Of or relating to constables.
  2. Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military. · Constabulary missions are different from fighting wars.
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It was at eleven forty-five that the first alarm reached the small local police station, in charge of Sergeant Wilson of the Sussex Constabulary.
The Valley of Fear, p. 26 · C1
The County Constabulary is in a scandalous state, sir, and it has not afforded me the protection to which I am entitled.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 150 · C1

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