police
/pəˈlis/ sustantivo A2En español: policía, tombería
- 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!
- A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
- The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer.
- People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police. · Who called the fashion police?
- Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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We have had some very strange doings at Hurlstone, and the police have been able to throw no light upon the matter.
I called in the local police, but without success.
The county police are at their wits’ end, and I have come up to you as a last resource.’
“At my suggestion a couple of the county police were summoned to be present, and I then endeavoured to raise the stone by pulling on the cravat.
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