Definition
the police: the cops, the constabulary, the governmental department that enforces the law
to police: to control, to patrol, to guard, to monitor, to protect
- "The police are after me, you must take it."
- "Get out of here before the police come and kill you too."
- "The police?"
- "We are language police, fighting bigotry."
- "Police report that no one at the bar was sober enough to describe the suspected assailant's face accurately."
- "Olaf : Ja, we don't like the police right now."
- "I should really report you to the police, but I will take great pleasure in dealing with this matter personally."
- "You just have to get us away from the police, ok?"
- "BONDI POLICE DEPARTMENT - LAW ENFORCEMENT INCIDENT REPORT"
- "This is General Hurley Burley of the United States Army and newly appointed deputy of the World Police."
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