Phrase Hound found 144 phrases and 37 compound words that contain police. The most common are listed below. Open police in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 144
- police officerA peace officer who is a member of a police force.
- call the policeUse a telephone to request the arrival of a police officer.
- police stationA building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.
- police forceAny police organization; a constabulary.
- police stateA political entity, usually a state, whose government exercises strict and repressive control of its people.
- police carAn automobile used by a police officer when on duty. Usually marked with police livery; sometimes an unmarked car.
- military policeA unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.
- police departmentPolice force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.
- police officersplural of police officer: A peace officer who is a member of a police force.
- police chiefThe head or leader of a police department or constabulary of a local government.
- secret policeA police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods …
- police brutalityThe use of excessive, unjustified force, typically of a physical nature, but also including verbal abuse and psychological intimidation, by a police officer while carrying out, or under the cover of carrying out, law enforcement duties.
- state policeThe police force belonging to the state (subnational) government, as contrasted with federal, county, or municipal law enforcement.
- thought policeA group that aims to control the thoughts of others.
- police workWork performed by police; the investigation of criminal activities.
- Local police
- police servicePolice force.
- language policeAny person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language.
- police forcesplural of police force: Any police organization; a constabulary.
- chief of policeSynonym of police chief: The head or leader of a police department or constabulary of a local government.
- traffic policeA body of officers in charge of enforcing traffic laws and managing traffic.
- police departmentsplural of police department: Police force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.
- police reportAn official record of an incident, documented by a police officer.
- water policeThe police department charged with patrolling harbours and waterways by boat.
- police stationsplural of police station: A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.
Compound words 37
- policerOne who, or that which, polices.
- policifyTo subject to policification.
- polacA road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.
- policewearClothing to be worn by police officers.
- overpoliceTo police too much, as by patrolling a neighborhood excessively or meting out a punishment incommensurate to the severity of a crime.
- policificationThe act or process of subjecting to police and policing.
- antipoliceOpposed to or prejudiced against the police.
- cyberpoliceA police force that patrols the Internet or cyberspace.
- fanpolA fan who habitually tries to control others' fannish activity.
- parapoliceLaw enforcement agents considered ancillary or subsidiary to the regular police force.