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police meaning in Italian

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police [police] (local or general law enforcement agency)
noun
[UK: pə.ˈliːs]
[US: pə.ˈliːs]

forza pubblicanoun
{f}

polizianoun
{f}
Call the police! = Chiama la polizia!

police officer [police officers] noun
[UK: pə.ˈliːs ˈɒf.ɪs.ə(r)]
[US: pə.ˈliːs ˈɑːf.əs.ər]

agentenoun
{m}

carabinierenoun
{m}

gendarmenoun
{m}

poliziottonoun
{m}

ufficiale di polizianoun
{m}

police procedural (sub-genre of crime fiction)
noun

poliziottesconoun
{m}

police state [police states] (nation whose government controls people by police)
noun
[UK: pə.ˈliːs steɪt]
[US: pə.ˈliːs ˈsteɪt]

stato di polizianoun
{m}

police station [police stations] (building of police force)
noun
[UK: pə.ˈliːs ˈsteɪʃ.n̩]
[US: pə.ˈliːs ˈsteɪʃ.n̩]

commissariatonoun
{m}

stazione di polizianoun
{f}

policewoman [policewomen] (a female police officer)
noun
[UK: pə.ˈliː.swʊ.mən]
[US: pə.ˈliː.ˌswʊ.mən]

poliziottanoun
{f}
Why did you become a policewoman? = Perché è diventata una poliziotta?

call the police phrase

chiami la poliziaphrase

riot police (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds)
noun

celerenoun

polizia antisommossanoun
{f}

secret police (police operating outside normal boundaries of law)
noun
[UK: ˈsiː.krɪt pə.ˈliːs]
[US: ˈsiː.krət pə.ˈliːs]

polizia segretanoun
{f}

thought police (a group that aims to control what other people think)
noun

psicopolizianoun
{f}