Definition of police in English:

police

noun pəˈliːspəˈlis

usually the police

1treated as plural The civil force of a state, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
警察部队，警察，警方
when someone is killed, the police have to be informed
as modifier the coroner will await the outcome of police inquiries
Example sentencesExamples
- Council officers supported the police in offering crime prevention advice to residents.
- The second issue I would like to raise is that the police respond to public concern.
- There has also been extensive collusion between the police and nationalist forces.
- Wildlife experts are joining forces with the police to launch a crackdown on hare coursing.
- In the meantime public faith in the police has dropped to an all-time low.
- Faced with rising crime and a lack of public faith in the police she has come out all guns blazing.
- Labour organisations suspect members of the armed forces or police are responsible for his murder.
- For example, the best source of advice on crime prevention is the local police.
- I suppose you will get the police to force us to see you like you did in Spain.
- He believed that the son was responsible but the police seem not to have found grounds for that belief.
- Once there the police used force to prevent the march continuing to parliament.
- If there is a crime committed and the police go in with a search warrant, they just seize whatever is relevant.
- Of those which are recorded as crimes, the police trace about one-quarter to an offender or suspected offender.
- In a database-dominated world, the police prevent crime before it happens.
- The premise behind community crime prevention is that police need to do more than react to incidents.
- So in order to avoid the police and stares of the public, he kept to the solitary alleys.
- Workers set up roadblocks in order to prevent the police from entering the industrial facility again.
- A manifest example of such activities is provided by the armed forces and the police.
- The force is also developing public access to the police through email and text messaging.
- They say the orders have helped the police to respond better to community problems.
Synonyms
police force, police officers, policemen, policewomen, officers of the law, the forces of law and order, law enforcement officers, law enforcement agency
British constabulary
Scottish &amp Irish polis
French gendarmerie
German Polizei
Italian carabinieri
historical watch
informal the cops, the fuzz, the law, the Man, the boys in blue, the long arm of the law
British informal the (Old) Bill
coppers, rozzers, bobbies, busies, bizzies, the force, plod, PC Plod
North American informal the heat, …'s finest
informal, derogatory pigs, the filth, Babylon
1. 1.1 Members of a police force.
  警察
  there are fewer women police than men
  女警察比男警察要少。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Putting more police on the street with powers of arrest is the only answer.
  And so, there are supposed to be some more police on the streets.
  In the Boland town of Paarl two Samwu members were injured when police opened fire on a group of marchers.
  Britain will also commit itself to training tens of thousands more Iraqi police and members of the civil defence force.
  After his arrest, he was questioned by local police and also members of Scotland Yard.
  His introduction to youth work came two years ago through an adventure holiday organised by local police.
  After being informed, local police searched the roads for three days and investigated other drivers who frequent this road.
  One thing is for sure: it will not be spent on extra police to enforce the current drinking age.
  Hundreds of riot police and members of the security forces took up positions near the palace, they said.
  The hearing was packed with media, police and family members of the accused men.
  It tarnishes the sterling reputation of all good police and court officials.
  Teams of police and court officials arrested 21 people as part of a major crackdown on fine dodgers.
  He never did find out which members of the Brotherhood had been undercover police.
  He has had police search innocent members of the public, and an Asian family taken into a custody.
  He now says he pledges to get 5,000 police on our streets what a joke!
  Four hundred armed police raided an estate in west London last week.
  Team leader Roy Cooksey said the walking group had directed police and mountain rescue members to the body.
  The FBI is now on the case, helping Iraqi police investigating the bombing.
  North Shore Rescue and the Cypress Bowl Ski Patrol members helped police recover the body.
2. 1.2with adjective or noun modifier An organization engaged in the enforcement of official regulations in a specified domain.
  警察部门，警察机构
  transport police
  交通警察。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Armed anti-terrorist police swooped on a Rochdale business to arrest a 30-year-old warehouse worker.
  The hearing was told his death was being investigated by British military police and the local authorities.
  Bulgarian border police on Tuesday received a new six million euro telecommunication system made by Finnish company Nokia.
  Metro police and emergency services officials will also be deployed along the route during the event.
  There is a strong nexus between the railway officials, the railway police and the fraudster.
  Twelve Sheffield Wednesday supporters were arrested by riot police during the cup tie against Blackburn on Tuesday night.
  The Metropolitan police raided a flat in Brixton after the US attacks, looking for his girlfriend.
  The ropes were removed by campus police within an hour of being hung.
  We generally had electricity at that time, because the family flat was quite close to the military secret police.
  During the course of the protest, riot police arrested 23 strikers and mounted attacks on the picket lines.
  Witnesses are asked to contact the traffic police in Huddersfield on 436847.
  Around 1,500 armed riot police were sent in to enforce the status quo.

verb pəˈliːspəˈlis

[with object]

1(of a police force) have the duty of maintaining law and order in or at (an area or event).
（警察部队）在（某地区或事件中）维护治安
Example sentencesExamples
- The police had to set up traffic lights to control the traffic and stationed officers there around the clock to police the event.
- It is high time our beaches and recreational areas were policed to ensure that no glass objects are taken anywhere near them.
- Questions will be asked about how adequately these potentially violent matches are policed.
- The festival was policed by Bristol-based Stuart Security.
- In any country, under similar circumstances, policing Carnival would be a nightmare.
- All of the West Yorkshire and British Transport Police officers who policed the riots have been jointly nominated as the country's bravest officers.
- We try to police these matches principally with off-duty officers - that's the aim.
- The latest insurgency is making it very difficult for the British forces to maintain their ‘softly softly’ approach to policing the area.
- He said that when he started policing the area 18 months ago the red light district was confined to the Manchester Road area.
- Council tax bills may have to rise by £17-a-year to pay for the damage caused and the cost of policing the riots that devastated the city in July.
- But a meeting of the authority today was told it could soon receive £900,000 from the Government to offset the cost of policing the rail disaster.
- She was assigned the Horton-in-Ribblesdale beat for 18 years and has been involved in policing most major incidents and accidents in the area.
- The £4 million expense of policing the event, which included heavy police violence against protesters, was also borne by the taxpayer.
- He also had national responsibility for public order policing, and policed both the World Cup in France and Euro 2000.
- We will be policing this event appropriately, to make sure the rally passes off without incident.
- Yesterday's protest was policed by officers from Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire as well as MoD police.
- She hinted at the possibility that the Groceries Order should be policed by the Competition Authority.
- Whilst its economic importance and political sensitivity would ensure the event was highly policed, the use of anti-terror measures against protesters seems to be more of a case of testing the water for future use.
- The issue in this case was an order that was given by a sergeant to a number of officers who were going to go out on a day to police a particular event.
- It's hard to escape the conclusion that yesterday's events could have been avoided had the match been properly policed.
Synonyms
maintain law and order in, keep the peace in, keep guard over, keep watch on, watch over, guard, protect, defend, patrol, make the rounds of
control, keep in order, keep under control, regulate
1. 1.1 Enforce regulations or an agreement in (a particular area or domain)
  在（某地区或领域）监督执行（规定或协约）
  a UN resolution to use military force to police the no-fly zone
  使用武装力量监督执行禁飞区的联合国决议。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, which polices the Nasdaq exchange, has censured and fined several brokers in a clampdown on initial public offerings.
  Increases in electricity tariffs are subject to approval from the National Electricity Regulator, a national body that polices the electricity supply industry in accordance with government policy and law.
  One is that a degree of regulation is needed so that we can police fisheries sensibly.
  I wonder just who is regulating and policing all this as well as making the lawyers even wealthier.
  In numerous cases, firms are rewarding politicians directly charged with regulating or policing their industries.
  What we need now is the will to regulate and police industry in favour of worker and consumer health.
  He called for an increase in the African Union force in the Sudan, with a pledge to provide logistical support and even policing a no-fly zone.
  An NBA rep with a handheld decibel meter polices the sidelines during every game, enforcing a 90-decibel limit on in-game noise.
  If we legalised prostitution then it could be regulated and policed in a much safer and fair manner than it does at the moment, after all it is a service and if people are willing to pay for it and people are willing to sell it where is the problem?
  The rules are the rules at the end of the day it is ultimately down to the regulators to police that.
  Many are trying to regulate this and are using monitoring technology to police it.
  If implemented, the new system will be policed by Failte Ireland, the Irish tourism agency.
  What continent provides planes for policing the no-fly zones in Iraq?
  However, Mr Burgess admitted that policing the system had its difficulties, as did monitoring the auction sites where virtual weapons can be sold for hundreds of pounds.
  Competition law enforces competition policy by regulating competitors' behaviour and policing illegal activity.
  A Paris-based media rights group yesterday slammed new Chinese regulations aimed at policing the Internet.
  Giving reasons for refusing the application, justices said there was insufficient supervision for policing the consumption of drinks in the auditorium.
  The Financial Services Authority, which polices the credit unions, is looking to tighten the regulations.
  This needs to be regulated and it needs to be policed.
  Operation Southern Watch polices the no-fly zone in the south, and is made up of 150 British and American aircraft and 6000 forces.
  Synonyms
  maintain law and order in, keep the peace in, keep guard over, keep watch on, watch over, guard, protect, defend, patrol, make the rounds of
2. 1.2 Enforce the provisions of (a law, agreement, or treaty)
  执行（法律，协议，条约）
  the regulations will be policed by factory inspectors
  这些规定将由厂监来执行。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Surely we should be policing our existing laws, rather than engaging in another $14 million tax grab.
  Many of them fear that if the ban on below-cost selling were lifted or policed by an unenthusiastic regulatory authority, things would only get worse.
  There is no doubt the agreement reached in 2001 between editors and the Palace, policed by the Press Complaints Commission, helped William to complete his studies in peace.
  In order to enable the freezing injunctions to be policed, Mora, in common with others of the Defendants, was required to produce information and documents regarding its assets.
  Mr. Breen said an outright ban on smoking in pubs when food is served was unfeasible because of the difficulties of implementing and policing such a ban.
  Whilst we welcome and congratulate the Minister and his Department on the new legislation we are worried about how exactly it is going to be policed and enforced.
  Professional law on the other hand is made and policed by regulatory bodies, set up by statute but empowered to develop their own guidance.
  But there they are, knowing full well that there has to be somebody who is policing the law.
  The safeguards we have agreed with LCC go further than any others ever agreed before, but they need to be policed and enforced with vigour.
  I think there are enough challenges in trying to police the laws we have.
  They are the costs of drawing up contacts and of monitoring and policing the implementation of contracts.
  Hastings said the the ban needed to be strictly policed, and a regulatory body might be required to control all tobacco products in the same way as licensed drugs.
  The new regulations will be policed by the National Care Standards Commission.
  On top of this the agreement must be policed exclusively by US forces, as opposed to the United Nations or any other body.
  Earlier this year the European Commission, which polices the pact, agreed to give both countries an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back into line.
  He gave no details on how the regulation would be policed, but said violators would be punished.
  Referees and their assistants have a very difficult job trying to police this law of the game.
  The issue of how the ban will be policed has not yet been fully decided but draft regulations published by the Minister contain stiff penalties for a breach of the ban which is due to come into effect next January.
  The International Atomic Energy Agency, which polices the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has just returned from its annual inspection of Iraq.
  Some experts claim curfews cannot be policed without some type of electronic monitoring.
  Synonyms
  enforce, regulate, implement, oversee, check (up on), supervise, monitor, observe, watch

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'public order'): from French, from medieval Latin politia 'citizenship, government' (see policy¹). Current senses date from the early 19th century.

In the 15th century police, which came from medieval Latin politia ‘citizenship, government’, was another word for policy, from the same source. Over time the word came to mean ‘civil administration’ and then ‘maintenance of public order’. The first people to be called police in the current sense was the Marine Police, a force set up around 1798 to protect merchant shipping in the Port of London. The police force established for London in 1829 was for some time known as the New Police. See also constable, copper. Latin politia had been borrowed from Greek polis ‘city, state’, also found in metropolis (Late Middle English) ‘mother city’ in Greek; acropolis (mid 17th century)‘high city’; cosmopolitan (mid 17th century) from kosmos, ‘world’; and politics. We have the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle to thank for politics. Aristotle, a pupil of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great, wrote a treatise called ta politika, or ‘The Affairs of State’, which gave us our word. The concept of political correctness originated in the USA during the 1980s but the expression dates back a lot longer. It is recorded in 1840 in the USA, and politically correct goes back even further, to 1793, in the records of the US Supreme Court. Originally both terms referred to people conforming to the prevailing political views of the time.

Rhymes

anis, apiece, Berenice, caprice, cassis, cease, coulisse, crease, Dumfries, fils, fleece, geese, grease, Greece, kris, lease, Lucrece, MacNeice, Matisse, McAleese, Nice, niece, obese, peace, pelisse, Rees, Rhys, set piece, sublease, surcease, two-piece, underlease

Definition of police in US English:

police

nounpəˈlēspəˈlis

treated as plural, usually the police

1The civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order.
警察部队，警察，警方
Example sentencesExamples
- Of those which are recorded as crimes, the police trace about one-quarter to an offender or suspected offender.
- So in order to avoid the police and stares of the public, he kept to the solitary alleys.
- Once there the police used force to prevent the march continuing to parliament.
- If there is a crime committed and the police go in with a search warrant, they just seize whatever is relevant.
- The second issue I would like to raise is that the police respond to public concern.
- There has also been extensive collusion between the police and nationalist forces.
- He believed that the son was responsible but the police seem not to have found grounds for that belief.
- Council officers supported the police in offering crime prevention advice to residents.
- Faced with rising crime and a lack of public faith in the police she has come out all guns blazing.
- In a database-dominated world, the police prevent crime before it happens.
- For example, the best source of advice on crime prevention is the local police.
- Labour organisations suspect members of the armed forces or police are responsible for his murder.
- The premise behind community crime prevention is that police need to do more than react to incidents.
- The force is also developing public access to the police through email and text messaging.
- In the meantime public faith in the police has dropped to an all-time low.
- Workers set up roadblocks in order to prevent the police from entering the industrial facility again.
- They say the orders have helped the police to respond better to community problems.
- Wildlife experts are joining forces with the police to launch a crackdown on hare coursing.
- I suppose you will get the police to force us to see you like you did in Spain.
- A manifest example of such activities is provided by the armed forces and the police.
Synonyms
police force, police officers, policemen, policewomen, officers of the law, the forces of law and order, law enforcement officers, law enforcement agency
1. 1.1 Members of a police force.
  警察
  there are fewer women police than men
  女警察比男警察要少。
  Example sentencesExamples
  His introduction to youth work came two years ago through an adventure holiday organised by local police.
  Putting more police on the street with powers of arrest is the only answer.
  He never did find out which members of the Brotherhood had been undercover police.
  In the Boland town of Paarl two Samwu members were injured when police opened fire on a group of marchers.
  And so, there are supposed to be some more police on the streets.
  Four hundred armed police raided an estate in west London last week.
  Hundreds of riot police and members of the security forces took up positions near the palace, they said.
  After being informed, local police searched the roads for three days and investigated other drivers who frequent this road.
  The hearing was packed with media, police and family members of the accused men.
  One thing is for sure: it will not be spent on extra police to enforce the current drinking age.
  North Shore Rescue and the Cypress Bowl Ski Patrol members helped police recover the body.
  After his arrest, he was questioned by local police and also members of Scotland Yard.
  Britain will also commit itself to training tens of thousands more Iraqi police and members of the civil defence force.
  He now says he pledges to get 5,000 police on our streets what a joke!
  The FBI is now on the case, helping Iraqi police investigating the bombing.
  He has had police search innocent members of the public, and an Asian family taken into a custody.
  Teams of police and court officials arrested 21 people as part of a major crackdown on fine dodgers.
  It tarnishes the sterling reputation of all good police and court officials.
  Team leader Roy Cooksey said the walking group had directed police and mountain rescue members to the body.
2. 1.2with adjective or noun modifier An organization engaged in the enforcement of official regulations in a specified domain.
  警察部门，警察机构
  transit police
  交通警察。
  humorous, figurative the fashion police
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ropes were removed by campus police within an hour of being hung.
  Witnesses are asked to contact the traffic police in Huddersfield on 436847.
  During the course of the protest, riot police arrested 23 strikers and mounted attacks on the picket lines.
  We generally had electricity at that time, because the family flat was quite close to the military secret police.
  Bulgarian border police on Tuesday received a new six million euro telecommunication system made by Finnish company Nokia.
  There is a strong nexus between the railway officials, the railway police and the fraudster.
  Around 1,500 armed riot police were sent in to enforce the status quo.
  The hearing was told his death was being investigated by British military police and the local authorities.
  The Metropolitan police raided a flat in Brixton after the US attacks, looking for his girlfriend.
  Twelve Sheffield Wednesday supporters were arrested by riot police during the cup tie against Blackburn on Tuesday night.
  Armed anti-terrorist police swooped on a Rochdale business to arrest a 30-year-old warehouse worker.
  Metro police and emergency services officials will also be deployed along the route during the event.

verbpəˈlēspəˈlis

[with object]

1(of a police force) have the duty of maintaining law and order in or for (an area or event).
（警察部队）在（某地区或事件中）维护治安
Example sentencesExamples
- She was assigned the Horton-in-Ribblesdale beat for 18 years and has been involved in policing most major incidents and accidents in the area.
- He also had national responsibility for public order policing, and policed both the World Cup in France and Euro 2000.
- The festival was policed by Bristol-based Stuart Security.
- In any country, under similar circumstances, policing Carnival would be a nightmare.
- We try to police these matches principally with off-duty officers - that's the aim.
- But a meeting of the authority today was told it could soon receive £900,000 from the Government to offset the cost of policing the rail disaster.
- It's hard to escape the conclusion that yesterday's events could have been avoided had the match been properly policed.
- The latest insurgency is making it very difficult for the British forces to maintain their ‘softly softly’ approach to policing the area.
- All of the West Yorkshire and British Transport Police officers who policed the riots have been jointly nominated as the country's bravest officers.
- We will be policing this event appropriately, to make sure the rally passes off without incident.
- The police had to set up traffic lights to control the traffic and stationed officers there around the clock to police the event.
- It is high time our beaches and recreational areas were policed to ensure that no glass objects are taken anywhere near them.
- He said that when he started policing the area 18 months ago the red light district was confined to the Manchester Road area.
- Whilst its economic importance and political sensitivity would ensure the event was highly policed, the use of anti-terror measures against protesters seems to be more of a case of testing the water for future use.
- The £4 million expense of policing the event, which included heavy police violence against protesters, was also borne by the taxpayer.
- Questions will be asked about how adequately these potentially violent matches are policed.
- Yesterday's protest was policed by officers from Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire as well as MoD police.
- She hinted at the possibility that the Groceries Order should be policed by the Competition Authority.
- Council tax bills may have to rise by £17-a-year to pay for the damage caused and the cost of policing the riots that devastated the city in July.
- The issue in this case was an order that was given by a sergeant to a number of officers who were going to go out on a day to police a particular event.
Synonyms
maintain law and order in, keep the peace in, keep guard over, keep watch on, watch over, guard, protect, defend, patrol, make the rounds of
control, keep in order, keep under control, regulate
1. 1.1 Enforce regulations or an agreement in (a particular area or domain)
  在（某地区或领域）监督执行（规定或协约）
  a UN resolution to use military force to police the no-fly zone
  使用武装力量监督执行禁飞区的联合国决议。
  Example sentencesExamples
  An NBA rep with a handheld decibel meter polices the sidelines during every game, enforcing a 90-decibel limit on in-game noise.
  However, Mr Burgess admitted that policing the system had its difficulties, as did monitoring the auction sites where virtual weapons can be sold for hundreds of pounds.
  The Financial Services Authority, which polices the credit unions, is looking to tighten the regulations.
  Giving reasons for refusing the application, justices said there was insufficient supervision for policing the consumption of drinks in the auditorium.
  This needs to be regulated and it needs to be policed.
  He called for an increase in the African Union force in the Sudan, with a pledge to provide logistical support and even policing a no-fly zone.
  If we legalised prostitution then it could be regulated and policed in a much safer and fair manner than it does at the moment, after all it is a service and if people are willing to pay for it and people are willing to sell it where is the problem?
  What we need now is the will to regulate and police industry in favour of worker and consumer health.
  The rules are the rules at the end of the day it is ultimately down to the regulators to police that.
  I wonder just who is regulating and policing all this as well as making the lawyers even wealthier.
  In numerous cases, firms are rewarding politicians directly charged with regulating or policing their industries.
  What continent provides planes for policing the no-fly zones in Iraq?
  A Paris-based media rights group yesterday slammed new Chinese regulations aimed at policing the Internet.
  The National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, which polices the Nasdaq exchange, has censured and fined several brokers in a clampdown on initial public offerings.
  If implemented, the new system will be policed by Failte Ireland, the Irish tourism agency.
  Many are trying to regulate this and are using monitoring technology to police it.
  Competition law enforces competition policy by regulating competitors' behaviour and policing illegal activity.
  Increases in electricity tariffs are subject to approval from the National Electricity Regulator, a national body that polices the electricity supply industry in accordance with government policy and law.
  One is that a degree of regulation is needed so that we can police fisheries sensibly.
  Operation Southern Watch polices the no-fly zone in the south, and is made up of 150 British and American aircraft and 6000 forces.
  Synonyms
  maintain law and order in, keep the peace in, keep guard over, keep watch on, watch over, guard, protect, defend, patrol, make the rounds of
2. 1.2 Enforce the provisions of (a law, agreement, or treaty)
  执行（法律，协议，条约）
  the regulations will be policed by factory inspectors
  这些规定将由厂监来执行。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The issue of how the ban will be policed has not yet been fully decided but draft regulations published by the Minister contain stiff penalties for a breach of the ban which is due to come into effect next January.
  Whilst we welcome and congratulate the Minister and his Department on the new legislation we are worried about how exactly it is going to be policed and enforced.
  Professional law on the other hand is made and policed by regulatory bodies, set up by statute but empowered to develop their own guidance.
  Some experts claim curfews cannot be policed without some type of electronic monitoring.
  The new regulations will be policed by the National Care Standards Commission.
  In order to enable the freezing injunctions to be policed, Mora, in common with others of the Defendants, was required to produce information and documents regarding its assets.
  Earlier this year the European Commission, which polices the pact, agreed to give both countries an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back into line.
  Hastings said the the ban needed to be strictly policed, and a regulatory body might be required to control all tobacco products in the same way as licensed drugs.
  I think there are enough challenges in trying to police the laws we have.
  Referees and their assistants have a very difficult job trying to police this law of the game.
  Mr. Breen said an outright ban on smoking in pubs when food is served was unfeasible because of the difficulties of implementing and policing such a ban.
  On top of this the agreement must be policed exclusively by US forces, as opposed to the United Nations or any other body.
  Many of them fear that if the ban on below-cost selling were lifted or policed by an unenthusiastic regulatory authority, things would only get worse.
  They are the costs of drawing up contacts and of monitoring and policing the implementation of contracts.
  The safeguards we have agreed with LCC go further than any others ever agreed before, but they need to be policed and enforced with vigour.
  But there they are, knowing full well that there has to be somebody who is policing the law.
  The International Atomic Energy Agency, which polices the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has just returned from its annual inspection of Iraq.
  He gave no details on how the regulation would be policed, but said violators would be punished.
  Surely we should be policing our existing laws, rather than engaging in another $14 million tax grab.
  There is no doubt the agreement reached in 2001 between editors and the Palace, policed by the Press Complaints Commission, helped William to complete his studies in peace.
  Synonyms
  enforce, regulate, implement, oversee, check, check up on, supervise, monitor, observe, watch

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense ‘public order’): from French, from medieval Latin politia ‘citizenship, government’ (see policy). Current senses date from the early 19th century.

词汇	police
释义	Definition of police in English: police noun pəˈliːspəˈlis usually the police 1treated as plural The civil force of a state, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order. 警察部队，警察，警方 when someone is killed, the police have to be informed as modifier the coroner will await the outcome of police inquiries Example sentencesExamples Council officers supported the police in offering crime prevention advice to residents. The second issue I would like to raise is that the police respond to public concern. There has also been extensive collusion between the police and nationalist forces. Wildlife experts are joining forces with the police to launch a crackdown on hare coursing. In the meantime public faith in the police has dropped to an all-time low. Faced with rising crime and a lack of public faith in the police she has come out all guns blazing. Labour organisations suspect members of the armed forces or police are responsible for his murder. For example, the best source of advice on crime prevention is the local police. I suppose you will get the police to force us to see you like you did in Spain. He believed that the son was responsible but the police seem not to have found grounds for that belief. Once there the police used force to prevent the march continuing to parliament. If there is a crime committed and the police go in with a search warrant, they just seize whatever is relevant. Of those which are recorded as crimes, the police trace about one-quarter to an offender or suspected offender. In a database-dominated world, the police prevent crime before it happens. The premise behind community crime prevention is that police need to do more than react to incidents. So in order to avoid the police and stares of the public, he kept to the solitary alleys. Workers set up roadblocks in order to prevent the police from entering the industrial facility again. A manifest example of such activities is provided by the armed forces and the police. The force is also developing public access to the police through email and text messaging. They say the orders have helped the police to respond better to community problems. Synonyms police force, police officers, policemen, policewomen, officers of the law, the forces of law and order, law enforcement officers, law enforcement agency British constabulary Scottish &amp Irish polis French gendarmerie German Polizei Italian carabinieri historical watch informal the cops, the fuzz, the law, the Man, the boys in blue, the long arm of the law British informal the (Old) Bill coppers, rozzers, bobbies, busies, bizzies, the force, plod, PC Plod North American informal the heat, …'s finest informal, derogatory pigs, the filth, Babylon 1.1 Members of a police force. 警察 there are fewer women police than men 女警察比男警察要少。 Example sentencesExamples Putting more police on the street with powers of arrest is the only answer. And so, there are supposed to be some more police on the streets. In the Boland town of Paarl two Samwu members were injured when police opened fire on a group of marchers. Britain will also commit itself to training tens of thousands more Iraqi police and members of the civil defence force. After his arrest, he was questioned by local police and also members of Scotland Yard. His introduction to youth work came two years ago through an adventure holiday organised by local police. After being informed, local police searched the roads for three days and investigated other drivers who frequent this road. One thing is for sure: it will not be spent on extra police to enforce the current drinking age. Hundreds of riot police and members of the security forces took up positions near the palace, they said. The hearing was packed with media, police and family members of the accused men. It tarnishes the sterling reputation of all good police and court officials. Teams of police and court officials arrested 21 people as part of a major crackdown on fine dodgers. He never did find out which members of the Brotherhood had been undercover police. He has had police search innocent members of the public, and an Asian family taken into a custody. He now says he pledges to get 5,000 police on our streets what a joke! Four hundred armed police raided an estate in west London last week. Team leader Roy Cooksey said the walking group had directed police and mountain rescue members to the body. The FBI is now on the case, helping Iraqi police investigating the bombing. North Shore Rescue and the Cypress Bowl Ski Patrol members helped police recover the body. 1.2with adjective or noun modifier An organization engaged in the enforcement of official regulations in a specified domain. 警察部门，警察机构 transport police 交通警察。 Example sentencesExamples Armed anti-terrorist police swooped on a Rochdale business to arrest a 30-year-old warehouse worker. The hearing was told his death was being investigated by British military police and the local authorities. Bulgarian border police on Tuesday received a new six million euro telecommunication system made by Finnish company Nokia. Metro police and emergency services officials will also be deployed along the route during the event. There is a strong nexus between the railway officials, the railway police and the fraudster. Twelve Sheffield Wednesday supporters were arrested by riot police during the cup tie against Blackburn on Tuesday night. The Metropolitan police raided a flat in Brixton after the US attacks, looking for his girlfriend. The ropes were removed by campus police within an hour of being hung. We generally had electricity at that time, because the family flat was quite close to the military secret police. During the course of the protest, riot police arrested 23 strikers and mounted attacks on the picket lines. Witnesses are asked to contact the traffic police in Huddersfield on 436847. Around 1,500 armed riot police were sent in to enforce the status quo. verb pəˈliːspəˈlis [with object] 1(of a police force) have the duty of maintaining law and order in or at (an area or event). （警察部队）在（某地区或事件中）维护治安 Example sentencesExamples The police had to set up traffic lights to control the traffic and stationed officers there around the clock to police the event. It is high time our beaches and recreational areas were policed to ensure that no glass objects are taken anywhere near them. Questions will be asked about how adequately these potentially violent matches are policed. The festival was policed by Bristol-based Stuart Security. In any country, under similar circumstances, policing Carnival would be a nightmare. All of the West Yorkshire and British Transport Police officers who policed the riots have been jointly nominated as the country's bravest officers. We try to police these matches principally with off-duty officers - that's the aim. The latest insurgency is making it very difficult for the British forces to maintain their ‘softly softly’ approach to policing the area. He said that when he started policing the area 18 months ago the red light district was confined to the Manchester Road area. Council tax bills may have to rise by £17-a-year to pay for the damage caused and the cost of policing the riots that devastated the city in July. But a meeting of the authority today was told it could soon receive £900,000 from the Government to offset the cost of policing the rail disaster. She was assigned the Horton-in-Ribblesdale beat for 18 years and has been involved in policing most major incidents and accidents in the area. The £4 million expense of policing the event, which included heavy police violence against protesters, was also borne by the taxpayer. He also had national responsibility for public order policing, and policed both the World Cup in France and Euro 2000. We will be policing this event appropriately, to make sure the rally passes off without incident. Yesterday's protest was policed by officers from Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire as well as MoD police. She hinted at the possibility that the Groceries Order should be policed by the Competition Authority. Whilst its economic importance and political sensitivity would ensure the event was highly policed, the use of anti-terror measures against protesters seems to be more of a case of testing the water for future use. The issue in this case was an order that was given by a sergeant to a number of officers who were going to go out on a day to police a particular event. It's hard to escape the conclusion that yesterday's events could have been avoided had the match been properly policed. Synonyms maintain law and order in, keep the peace in, keep guard over, keep watch on, watch over, guard, protect, defend, patrol, make the rounds of control, keep in order, keep under control, regulate 1.1 Enforce regulations or an agreement in (a particular area or domain) 在（某地区或领域）监督执行（规定或协约） a UN resolution to use military force to police the no-fly zone 使用武装力量监督执行禁飞区的联合国决议。 Example sentencesExamples The National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, which polices the Nasdaq exchange, has censured and fined several brokers in a clampdown on initial public offerings. Increases in electricity tariffs are subject to approval from the National Electricity Regulator, a national body that polices the electricity supply industry in accordance with government policy and law. One is that a degree of regulation is needed so that we can police fisheries sensibly. I wonder just who is regulating and policing all this as well as making the lawyers even wealthier. In numerous cases, firms are rewarding politicians directly charged with regulating or policing their industries. What we need now is the will to regulate and police industry in favour of worker and consumer health. He called for an increase in the African Union force in the Sudan, with a pledge to provide logistical support and even policing a no-fly zone. An NBA rep with a handheld decibel meter polices the sidelines during every game, enforcing a 90-decibel limit on in-game noise. If we legalised prostitution then it could be regulated and policed in a much safer and fair manner than it does at the moment, after all it is a service and if people are willing to pay for it and people are willing to sell it where is the problem? The rules are the rules at the end of the day it is ultimately down to the regulators to police that. Many are trying to regulate this and are using monitoring technology to police it. If implemented, the new system will be policed by Failte Ireland, the Irish tourism agency. What continent provides planes for policing the no-fly zones in Iraq? However, Mr Burgess admitted that policing the system had its difficulties, as did monitoring the auction sites where virtual weapons can be sold for hundreds of pounds. Competition law enforces competition policy by regulating competitors' behaviour and policing illegal activity. A Paris-based media rights group yesterday slammed new Chinese regulations aimed at policing the Internet. Giving reasons for refusing the application, justices said there was insufficient supervision for policing the consumption of drinks in the auditorium. The Financial Services Authority, which polices the credit unions, is looking to tighten the regulations. This needs to be regulated and it needs to be policed. Operation Southern Watch polices the no-fly zone in the south, and is made up of 150 British and American aircraft and 6000 forces. Synonyms maintain law and order in, keep the peace in, keep guard over, keep watch on, watch over, guard, protect, defend, patrol, make the rounds of 1.2 Enforce the provisions of (a law, agreement, or treaty) 执行（法律，协议，条约） the regulations will be policed by factory inspectors 这些规定将由厂监来执行。 Example sentencesExamples Surely we should be policing our existing laws, rather than engaging in another $14 million tax grab. Many of them fear that if the ban on below-cost selling were lifted or policed by an unenthusiastic regulatory authority, things would only get worse. There is no doubt the agreement reached in 2001 between editors and the Palace, policed by the Press Complaints Commission, helped William to complete his studies in peace. In order to enable the freezing injunctions to be policed, Mora, in common with others of the Defendants, was required to produce information and documents regarding its assets. Mr. Breen said an outright ban on smoking in pubs when food is served was unfeasible because of the difficulties of implementing and policing such a ban. Whilst we welcome and congratulate the Minister and his Department on the new legislation we are worried about how exactly it is going to be policed and enforced. Professional law on the other hand is made and policed by regulatory bodies, set up by statute but empowered to develop their own guidance. But there they are, knowing full well that there has to be somebody who is policing the law. The safeguards we have agreed with LCC go further than any others ever agreed before, but they need to be policed and enforced with vigour. I think there are enough challenges in trying to police the laws we have. They are the costs of drawing up contacts and of monitoring and policing the implementation of contracts. Hastings said the the ban needed to be strictly policed, and a regulatory body might be required to control all tobacco products in the same way as licensed drugs. The new regulations will be policed by the National Care Standards Commission. On top of this the agreement must be policed exclusively by US forces, as opposed to the United Nations or any other body. Earlier this year the European Commission, which polices the pact, agreed to give both countries an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back into line. He gave no details on how the regulation would be policed, but said violators would be punished. Referees and their assistants have a very difficult job trying to police this law of the game. The issue of how the ban will be policed has not yet been fully decided but draft regulations published by the Minister contain stiff penalties for a breach of the ban which is due to come into effect next January. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which polices the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has just returned from its annual inspection of Iraq. Some experts claim curfews cannot be policed without some type of electronic monitoring. Synonyms enforce, regulate, implement, oversee, check (up on), supervise, monitor, observe, watch Origin Late 15th century (in the sense 'public order'): from French, from medieval Latin politia 'citizenship, government' (see policy¹). Current senses date from the early 19th century. In the 15th century police, which came from medieval Latin politia ‘citizenship, government’, was another word for policy, from the same source. Over time the word came to mean ‘civil administration’ and then ‘maintenance of public order’. The first people to be called police in the current sense was the Marine Police, a force set up around 1798 to protect merchant shipping in the Port of London. The police force established for London in 1829 was for some time known as the New Police. See also constable, copper. Latin politia had been borrowed from Greek polis ‘city, state’, also found in metropolis (Late Middle English) ‘mother city’ in Greek; acropolis (mid 17th century)‘high city’; cosmopolitan (mid 17th century) from kosmos, ‘world’; and politics. We have the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle to thank for politics. Aristotle, a pupil of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great, wrote a treatise called ta politika, or ‘The Affairs of State’, which gave us our word. The concept of political correctness originated in the USA during the 1980s but the expression dates back a lot longer. It is recorded in 1840 in the USA, and politically correct goes back even further, to 1793, in the records of the US Supreme Court. Originally both terms referred to people conforming to the prevailing political views of the time. Rhymes anis, apiece, Berenice, caprice, cassis, cease, coulisse, crease, Dumfries, fils, fleece, geese, grease, Greece, kris, lease, Lucrece, MacNeice, Matisse, McAleese, Nice, niece, obese, peace, pelisse, Rees, Rhys, set piece, sublease, surcease, two-piece, underlease Definition of police in US English: police nounpəˈlēspəˈlis treated as plural, usually the police 1The civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order. 警察部队，警察，警方 Example sentencesExamples Of those which are recorded as crimes, the police trace about one-quarter to an offender or suspected offender. So in order to avoid the police and stares of the public, he kept to the solitary alleys. Once there the police used force to prevent the march continuing to parliament. If there is a crime committed and the police go in with a search warrant, they just seize whatever is relevant. The second issue I would like to raise is that the police respond to public concern. There has also been extensive collusion between the police and nationalist forces. He believed that the son was responsible but the police seem not to have found grounds for that belief. Council officers supported the police in offering crime prevention advice to residents. Faced with rising crime and a lack of public faith in the police she has come out all guns blazing. In a database-dominated world, the police prevent crime before it happens. For example, the best source of advice on crime prevention is the local police. Labour organisations suspect members of the armed forces or police are responsible for his murder. The premise behind community crime prevention is that police need to do more than react to incidents. The force is also developing public access to the police through email and text messaging. In the meantime public faith in the police has dropped to an all-time low. Workers set up roadblocks in order to prevent the police from entering the industrial facility again. They say the orders have helped the police to respond better to community problems. Wildlife experts are joining forces with the police to launch a crackdown on hare coursing. I suppose you will get the police to force us to see you like you did in Spain. A manifest example of such activities is provided by the armed forces and the police. Synonyms police force, police officers, policemen, policewomen, officers of the law, the forces of law and order, law enforcement officers, law enforcement agency 1.1 Members of a police force. 警察 there are fewer women police than men 女警察比男警察要少。 Example sentencesExamples His introduction to youth work came two years ago through an adventure holiday organised by local police. Putting more police on the street with powers of arrest is the only answer. He never did find out which members of the Brotherhood had been undercover police. In the Boland town of Paarl two Samwu members were injured when police opened fire on a group of marchers. And so, there are supposed to be some more police on the streets. Four hundred armed police raided an estate in west London last week. Hundreds of riot police and members of the security forces took up positions near the palace, they said. After being informed, local police searched the roads for three days and investigated other drivers who frequent this road. The hearing was packed with media, police and family members of the accused men. One thing is for sure: it will not be spent on extra police to enforce the current drinking age. North Shore Rescue and the Cypress Bowl Ski Patrol members helped police recover the body. After his arrest, he was questioned by local police and also members of Scotland Yard. Britain will also commit itself to training tens of thousands more Iraqi police and members of the civil defence force. He now says he pledges to get 5,000 police on our streets what a joke! The FBI is now on the case, helping Iraqi police investigating the bombing. He has had police search innocent members of the public, and an Asian family taken into a custody. Teams of police and court officials arrested 21 people as part of a major crackdown on fine dodgers. It tarnishes the sterling reputation of all good police and court officials. Team leader Roy Cooksey said the walking group had directed police and mountain rescue members to the body. 1.2with adjective or noun modifier An organization engaged in the enforcement of official regulations in a specified domain. 警察部门，警察机构 transit police 交通警察。 humorous, figurative the fashion police Example sentencesExamples The ropes were removed by campus police within an hour of being hung. Witnesses are asked to contact the traffic police in Huddersfield on 436847. During the course of the protest, riot police arrested 23 strikers and mounted attacks on the picket lines. We generally had electricity at that time, because the family flat was quite close to the military secret police. Bulgarian border police on Tuesday received a new six million euro telecommunication system made by Finnish company Nokia. There is a strong nexus between the railway officials, the railway police and the fraudster. Around 1,500 armed riot police were sent in to enforce the status quo. The hearing was told his death was being investigated by British military police and the local authorities. The Metropolitan police raided a flat in Brixton after the US attacks, looking for his girlfriend. Twelve Sheffield Wednesday supporters were arrested by riot police during the cup tie against Blackburn on Tuesday night. Armed anti-terrorist police swooped on a Rochdale business to arrest a 30-year-old warehouse worker. Metro police and emergency services officials will also be deployed along the route during the event. verbpəˈlēspəˈlis [with object] 1(of a police force) have the duty of maintaining law and order in or for (an area or event). （警察部队）在（某地区或事件中）维护治安 Example sentencesExamples She was assigned the Horton-in-Ribblesdale beat for 18 years and has been involved in policing most major incidents and accidents in the area. He also had national responsibility for public order policing, and policed both the World Cup in France and Euro 2000. The festival was policed by Bristol-based Stuart Security. In any country, under similar circumstances, policing Carnival would be a nightmare. We try to police these matches principally with off-duty officers - that's the aim. But a meeting of the authority today was told it could soon receive £900,000 from the Government to offset the cost of policing the rail disaster. It's hard to escape the conclusion that yesterday's events could have been avoided had the match been properly policed. The latest insurgency is making it very difficult for the British forces to maintain their ‘softly softly’ approach to policing the area. All of the West Yorkshire and British Transport Police officers who policed the riots have been jointly nominated as the country's bravest officers. We will be policing this event appropriately, to make sure the rally passes off without incident. The police had to set up traffic lights to control the traffic and stationed officers there around the clock to police the event. It is high time our beaches and recreational areas were policed to ensure that no glass objects are taken anywhere near them. He said that when he started policing the area 18 months ago the red light district was confined to the Manchester Road area. Whilst its economic importance and political sensitivity would ensure the event was highly policed, the use of anti-terror measures against protesters seems to be more of a case of testing the water for future use. The £4 million expense of policing the event, which included heavy police violence against protesters, was also borne by the taxpayer. Questions will be asked about how adequately these potentially violent matches are policed. Yesterday's protest was policed by officers from Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire as well as MoD police. She hinted at the possibility that the Groceries Order should be policed by the Competition Authority. Council tax bills may have to rise by £17-a-year to pay for the damage caused and the cost of policing the riots that devastated the city in July. The issue in this case was an order that was given by a sergeant to a number of officers who were going to go out on a day to police a particular event. Synonyms maintain law and order in, keep the peace in, keep guard over, keep watch on, watch over, guard, protect, defend, patrol, make the rounds of control, keep in order, keep under control, regulate 1.1 Enforce regulations or an agreement in (a particular area or domain) 在（某地区或领域）监督执行（规定或协约） a UN resolution to use military force to police the no-fly zone 使用武装力量监督执行禁飞区的联合国决议。 Example sentencesExamples An NBA rep with a handheld decibel meter polices the sidelines during every game, enforcing a 90-decibel limit on in-game noise. However, Mr Burgess admitted that policing the system had its difficulties, as did monitoring the auction sites where virtual weapons can be sold for hundreds of pounds. The Financial Services Authority, which polices the credit unions, is looking to tighten the regulations. Giving reasons for refusing the application, justices said there was insufficient supervision for policing the consumption of drinks in the auditorium. This needs to be regulated and it needs to be policed. He called for an increase in the African Union force in the Sudan, with a pledge to provide logistical support and even policing a no-fly zone. If we legalised prostitution then it could be regulated and policed in a much safer and fair manner than it does at the moment, after all it is a service and if people are willing to pay for it and people are willing to sell it where is the problem? What we need now is the will to regulate and police industry in favour of worker and consumer health. The rules are the rules at the end of the day it is ultimately down to the regulators to police that. I wonder just who is regulating and policing all this as well as making the lawyers even wealthier. In numerous cases, firms are rewarding politicians directly charged with regulating or policing their industries. What continent provides planes for policing the no-fly zones in Iraq? A Paris-based media rights group yesterday slammed new Chinese regulations aimed at policing the Internet. The National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, which polices the Nasdaq exchange, has censured and fined several brokers in a clampdown on initial public offerings. If implemented, the new system will be policed by Failte Ireland, the Irish tourism agency. Many are trying to regulate this and are using monitoring technology to police it. Competition law enforces competition policy by regulating competitors' behaviour and policing illegal activity. Increases in electricity tariffs are subject to approval from the National Electricity Regulator, a national body that polices the electricity supply industry in accordance with government policy and law. One is that a degree of regulation is needed so that we can police fisheries sensibly. Operation Southern Watch polices the no-fly zone in the south, and is made up of 150 British and American aircraft and 6000 forces. Synonyms maintain law and order in, keep the peace in, keep guard over, keep watch on, watch over, guard, protect, defend, patrol, make the rounds of 1.2 Enforce the provisions of (a law, agreement, or treaty) 执行（法律，协议，条约） the regulations will be policed by factory inspectors 这些规定将由厂监来执行。 Example sentencesExamples The issue of how the ban will be policed has not yet been fully decided but draft regulations published by the Minister contain stiff penalties for a breach of the ban which is due to come into effect next January. Whilst we welcome and congratulate the Minister and his Department on the new legislation we are worried about how exactly it is going to be policed and enforced. Professional law on the other hand is made and policed by regulatory bodies, set up by statute but empowered to develop their own guidance. Some experts claim curfews cannot be policed without some type of electronic monitoring. The new regulations will be policed by the National Care Standards Commission. In order to enable the freezing injunctions to be policed, Mora, in common with others of the Defendants, was required to produce information and documents regarding its assets. Earlier this year the European Commission, which polices the pact, agreed to give both countries an extra year, until 2005, to bring their deficits back into line. Hastings said the the ban needed to be strictly policed, and a regulatory body might be required to control all tobacco products in the same way as licensed drugs. I think there are enough challenges in trying to police the laws we have. Referees and their assistants have a very difficult job trying to police this law of the game. Mr. Breen said an outright ban on smoking in pubs when food is served was unfeasible because of the difficulties of implementing and policing such a ban. On top of this the agreement must be policed exclusively by US forces, as opposed to the United Nations or any other body. Many of them fear that if the ban on below-cost selling were lifted or policed by an unenthusiastic regulatory authority, things would only get worse. They are the costs of drawing up contacts and of monitoring and policing the implementation of contracts. The safeguards we have agreed with LCC go further than any others ever agreed before, but they need to be policed and enforced with vigour. But there they are, knowing full well that there has to be somebody who is policing the law. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which polices the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has just returned from its annual inspection of Iraq. He gave no details on how the regulation would be policed, but said violators would be punished. Surely we should be policing our existing laws, rather than engaging in another $14 million tax grab. There is no doubt the agreement reached in 2001 between editors and the Palace, policed by the Press Complaints Commission, helped William to complete his studies in peace. Synonyms enforce, regulate, implement, oversee, check, check up on, supervise, monitor, observe, watch Origin Late 15th century (in the sense ‘public order’): from French, from medieval Latin politia ‘citizenship, government’ (see policy). Current senses date from the early 19th century.
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