military police

English

Noun

military police (uncountable)

1. A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.

Usage notes

• As a collective noun, the military police are referred to using plural pronouns and verb forms, such as they and were.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

police unit of a military organization

• Dutch: marechaussee (nl)
• Finnish: sotilaspoliisi (fi)
• German: Militärpolizei (de) f
• Greek: στρατονομία (el) (stratonomía)
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• Hebrew: מִשְׁטָרָה צְבָאִית (he) f (mishtará tsváit)
• Icelandic: herlögregla f
• Indonesian: polisi militer (id)
• Portuguese: polícia militar f
• Swedish: militärpolis c