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, constabulary, law of nature, jurisprudence, police force, law

2. patrol, policeverb

   maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

   Synonyms:
   patrol

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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. David Clarke:

   I've been watching this for two years. I've predicted this, this anti-police rhetoric sweeping the country has turned out some hateful things inside of people that are now playing themselves out on the American police officer.

2. Dawn Blagrove:

   Obviously if he was being detained or arrested… which they claimed they were in the middle of an arrest, there’s no question that he should have been read his rights, none of that happened. That is a practice that we see quite frequently with the Raleigh police.

3. Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffery Blackwell:

   The suspect then returned to Police Officer Sonny Kim, who was lying wounded on the street and began to fight with Sonny Kim in an effort to take the officer's firearm.

4. Joe Sullivan:

   You’re always going to have dysfunctionality when the police and the DA are not able to work independently of one another but cooperatively, when it comes to violent crime, they need to be on the same page.

5. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea:

   It appears to be a completely cowardly, despicable, senseless attack on a defenseless police officer, thank God we're not planning a funeral.