police
/pəˈliːs/ noun [plural]Definition
› the official organization that makes people obey the law and that protects people and places against crime, or the people who work for this organization: I heard a gun shot and decided to call the police. A 30-year-old taxi driver is being interviewed by police. a police helicopter a police investigation
(Definition of police noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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