police

police
[[t]pəli͟ːs[/t]]
♦
polices, policing, policed
1) N-SING-COLL The police are the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.

The police are also looking for a second car...

Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances...

I noticed a police car shadowing us.

2) N-PLURAL Police are men and women who are members of the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.

More than one hundred police have ringed the area.

3) VERB If the police or military forces police an area or event, they make sure that law and order is preserved in that area or at that event.
→ See also secret police
→ See also community policing

[V n] ...the tiny UN observer force whose job it is to police the border...

[V-ed] The march was well-organised, heavily policed and largely good-humoured.

Derived words:
policing N-UNCOUNT

...the policing of public places.

4) VERB If a person or group in authority polices a law or an area of public life, they make sure that what is done is fair and legal.

[V n] ...Imro, the self-regulatory body that polices the investment management business.

Derived words:
policing N-UNCOUNT

Policing of business courses varies widely.


English dictionary. 2008.

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