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. Matt Gaetz:

   They don’t want to fund the police, they want to addict the police to the federal dollar, and that comes with a more efficient way to ensure centralized decision-making.

2. Baltimore Police Officer Jaslyn Koger:

   At one point in time, we weren't police officers, we were just citizens, seeing incidents like George Floyd, that affected us just as regular citizens alone. We've seen a lot of police brutality videos and I know that I would never want to see my face on anything like that.

3. Effie Vasilopoulos:

   It is very difficult for the regulators to police such a vast landscape so now they're trying to shake this number out, this is a sensible thing to do, but the risk is that in trying to recalibrate, the pendulum is swinging too far in the opposite direction.

4. Jo Ann Hardesty:

   The police have arolebut their role is simply to solve crime -- their role is not to prevent crime, their role is not to intervene in other community activities, a response to gun violence should not be a knee-jerk reaction.

5. Ray Hunt:

   We go to a Texans game to watch football. We go to an Astros game to watch baseball. We go to Starbucks to get a cup of coffee. If the people would just keep their politics to themselves, wed get along a lot better around here. Youve got a job to do, do it. Were not walking around with shirts on that say support the police whenever were coming to your house when you call 911. I think most people who go to Starbucks go there to get a cup of coffee, not to hear about the baristas political views.