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. Libby Schaaf:

   That analysis will make the case that additional police staffing is needed in the wake of this violent spree, we know what has worked in the past. There is nothing progressive about unbridled gun violence.

2. Mauri Friestleben:

   Can The Friestlebens be fixed ? Absolutely, but you got to start changing the way Brooklyn Center Police, we all swore, we swore, we swore to protect other people before ourselves.

3. Harry Connick Jr.:

   We were having sex when the police walked in.

4. Nic Robertson:

   The army by its retreat yesterday, and the police by their retreat as well, have really shown that there are question marks over the government's ability to impose its writ in Kunduz, at least in the short term.

5. Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney:

   I think there was a rush, you know, the police are racist, the police are doing bad things, i think the narrative that was being pushed is a false narrative.