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), 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
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• 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