Synonyms for Police
pəˈlis; ˈpoʊ lis; ˈdi trɔɪt; ˈsi mɛnt; ˈsi gɑr; ˈgɪt ɑr; ˈɪn ʃʊər əns; ˈʌm brɛl ə; ˈaɪ diəpo·lice

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1. policenoun

   Synonyms:
   law, filth, heat, 6-up, fuzz, peelers, popo, 5-0, cobblers, woodentops, bobby, pig, cop

2. policenoun

   To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).

   Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.

   Synonyms:
   woodentops, filth, peelers, popo, cop, pig, 6-up, heat, cobblers, law, fuzz, bobby, 5-0

3. policenoun

   Communal living; civilization.

   Synonyms:
   law, 6-up, pig, cobblers, peelers, 5-0, heat, bobby, fuzz, filth, cop, popo, woodentops

4. policenoun

   The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc.

   Synonyms:
   fuzz, woodentops, filth, cobblers, law, bobby, peelers, pig, cop, 6-up, popo, heat, 5-0

5. policenoun

   A civil force granted the legal authority to enforce the law and maintain public order.

   Synonyms:
   peelers, woodentops, cobblers, heat, law, pig, cop, 6-up, 5-0, filth, fuzz, bobby, popo

6. policenoun

   A police officer.

   Synonyms:
   5-0, heat, pig, filth, cop, popo, 6-up, cobblers, fuzz, bobby, law, peelers, woodentops

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1. police, police force, constabulary, lawverb

   the force of policemen and officers

   "the law came looking for him"

   Synonyms:
   legal philosophy, natural law, practice of law, police, constabulary, law of nature, jurisprudence, police force, law

2. patrol, policeverb

   maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

   Synonyms:
   patrol, police

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1. List of paraphrases for "police":

   policing, policemen, policeman, cops, policía, constable, lapd, constabulary, nypd, officers, c.p.d., polizia, enforcement, font, cop

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1. Tim Kaine:

   We cannot police a region that won't police itself, and so the ground troops need to be from the region, but the United States's strong support, via the air campaign, via training and equipping, helping guide the air campaign to make it effective -- that's what we should do.

2. Margaritis Schinas:

   I do not think that we have issues now in Europe that blatantly pertain to police brutality or issues of race transcending into our systems, but we do have an issue in Europe, which is the issue of inequalities and income distribution — making the best for everyone of what we have.

3. Gilles Peress:

   The thing to remember is that the firefighters were alone at that time, there was no police. No ambulance. Nobody else. It was just those two guys for quite a while.

4. Police Commissioner William Bratton:

   You name it, we're buying it, there's not a police department in America that is spending as much money, as much thought and interest on this issue of officer safety.

5. Officer Edwards:

   I can just remember my breath catching in my throat because what I saw was just a war scene. It was something like I had seen out of the movies, i couldn't believe my eyes : There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding. They were throwing up. I saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people's blood. I was catching people as they fell. It was carnage. It was chaos. I can't even describe what I saw. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer, I would find myself in the middle of a battle.