policial
/pəˈlɪʃl/adjective
Of or relating to the police.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), fiction writer, poet, and critic. From police + -ial, apparently after official. Perhaps compare Spanish policial of or relating to the police.
- overhasty
- overhaul
- overhauler
- Overhauser effect
- overhead
- overhead camshaft
- overhead locker
- overhead projector
- overhead transparency
- overhead valve
- overheap
- overhear
- overhearer
- overheat
- over-heaviness
- over-heavy
- overheight
- over-heighten
- over-high
- over-highly
- overhill
- overhit
- overhot
- overhouse
- overhunt