Police

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Meaning of Police

That function of the government which relates to the detection and arrest of offenders, the preservation of the public peace , the enforcement of the laws. Also, the constabulary of a locality, town, city or country.

Police Alternative Definition

That species of superintendence by magistrates which has principally for its object the maintenance of public tranquillity among the citizens. The officers who are appointed for this purpose are also called the police. Police is in general a system of precaution either for the prevention of crime or of calamities. Bentham. The due regulation and domestic order of the kingdom, whereby the individuals of the state, like members of a well-governed family, are bound to conform their general behavior to the rules of propriety. 4 Bl. Comm. 162. The word police has three significations. The first relates to the measures which are adopted to keep order, the laws and ordinances on cleanliness, health, the markets, etc. The second has for its object to procure to the authorities the means of detecting even the smallest attempts to commit crime, in order that the guilty may be arrested before their plans are carried into execution, and delivered over to the justice of the country. The third comprehends the laws, ordinances, and other measures which require the citizens to exercise their rights in a particular form. Police has also been divided into administrative police, which has for its object to maintain constantly public order in every part of the general administration; and judiciary police, which is intended principally to prevent crimes by punishing the criminals. Its object is to punish crimes which the administrative police has not been able to prevent.

Synonyms of Police

verb

  • care for
  • check
  • control
  • exercise authority
  • exert authority
  • have authority
  • have charge of
  • invigilate
  • keep guard
  • keep in order
  • keep in view
  • keep order
  • keep orderly
  • keep under control
  • keep vigil
  • keep watch
  • observe
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • patrol
  • preserve public order
  • preserve public tranquility
  • prevent crime
  • prevent offenses against the state
  • promote public health and safety
  • protect
  • regulate
  • render safe
  • restrain
  • restrict access
  • rule
  • safeguard
  • secure
  • stand guard
  • stand sentinel
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • systematize
  • use one’s authority
  • watch
  • watch diligently

noun

  • arm of the law
  • constabulary
  • custodians of the law
  • detective force
  • forces of law and order
  • government officers
  • law enforcement agency
  • law enforcement agents
  • law enforcement body
  • officers
  • officers of the law
  • peace officers
  • police force
  • police officers Associated Concepts: police action
  • police brutality
  • police power

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Translate Police from English to Spanish

Translation of Police , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Policía and other legal terms is available here.

Translate Report to the Police from English to Spanish

Translation of Report to the Police , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Dar parte a la policía and other legal terms is available here.

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Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Police

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1530s, “the regulation and control of a community,” at first essentially the same word as policy (n.1); from Middle French police (late 15c.), from Latin politia “civil administration,” from Greek polis “city” (see polis). Until mid-19c. used in England for “civil administration;” application to “administration of public order, law-enforcement” (1716) is from French (late 17c.), and originally in English referred to France or other foreign nations. The first force so-named in England was the Marine Police, set up 1798 to protect merchandise at the Port of London. Meaning “body of officers entrusted with the duty of enforcing laws, detecting crime, etc.” is from 1810. Police power is the power of a government to limit civil liberties and exercise restraint and compulsion over private rights, especially to advance or protect the public welfare. Police state “state regulated by means of national police” first recorded 1865, with reference to Austria. Police action in the international sense of “military intervention short of war, ostensibly to correct lawlessness” is from 1933. Police officer is attested from 1794, American English. Police station is from 1817.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Police in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term police into Spanish: policía (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Public order
European Union > European construction > European Union > Common foreign and security policy > Common security and defence policy > EU police mission
European Union > European construction > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justice > EU police cooperation > CEPOL
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