police force

police force

English

Noun

police force (plural police forces)

1. (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary.

   Synonyms: police department, police service, police

   He joined the police force a long time ago, when he lived in Virginia.

Related terms

• police department
• police service

Translations

police organization, constabulary

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Cebuano: kapolisan Chinese: Mandarin: 警察 (zh) (jǐngchá), 警隊, 警队 (jǐngduì) Cornish: kreslu m Czech: policejní sbor m Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: poliisi (fi), poliisivoimat (fi) pl French: forces de l'ordre (fr) f pl German: Polizeitruppe f, Polizeiapparat m, Polizeikräfte (de) f pl

Ido: policistaro (io) Norwegian: Bokmål: politistyrke m, polititropp m Nynorsk: politistyrke m, polititropp m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Spanish: carabineros (es) m pl, cuerpo de policía m, fuerza pública f Tagalog: kapulisan Turkish: polis kuvvetleri pl Volapük: (collective) poldanef Welsh: heddlu (cy) m