police forcenoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/pəˈliːs ˌfɔːs/us/pəˈliːs ˌfɔːrs/the police in a country or area:
More young people are needed to join the police force.
the Metropolitan Police Force
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- He's in the police force.
- The problem lies with the police force itself.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- escort
- fuzz
- met
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police state
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- traffic cops
- warrant
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