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police [police] (local or general law enforcement agency) noun [UK: pə.ˈliːs] [US: pə.ˈliːs] | forza pubblicanoun polizianoun |
police officer [police officers] noun [UK: pə.ˈliːs ˈɒf.ɪs.ə(r)] [US: pə.ˈliːs ˈɑːf.əs.ər] | agentenoun carabinierenoun gendarmenoun poliziottonoun ufficiale di polizianoun |
police procedural (sub-genre of crime fiction) noun | poliziottesconoun |
police state [police states] (nation whose government controls people by police) noun [UK: pə.ˈliːs steɪt] [US: pə.ˈliːs ˈsteɪt] | stato di polizianoun |
police station [police stations] (building of police force) noun [UK: pə.ˈliːs ˈsteɪʃ.n̩] [US: pə.ˈliːs ˈsteɪʃ.n̩] | commissariatonoun stazione di polizianoun |
policewoman [policewomen] (a female police officer) noun [UK: pə.ˈliː.swʊ.mən] [US: pə.ˈliː.ˌswʊ.mən] | poliziottanoun |
call the police phrase | chiami la poliziaphrase |
riot police (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) noun | celerenoun polizia antisommossanoun |
secret police (police operating outside normal boundaries of law) noun [UK: ˈsiː.krɪt pə.ˈliːs] [US: ˈsiː.krət pə.ˈliːs] | polizia segretanoun |
thought police (a group that aims to control what other people think) noun | psicopolizianoun |