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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarypo·lice I \pə-ˈlēs\ transitive verb (po·liced ; po·lic·ing) ETYMOLOGY in sense 1, from Middle French policier, from police conduct of public affairs; in other senses, from police (II) DATE 15891. archaic : govern2. to control, regulate, or keep in order by use of police3. to make clean and put in order4. a. to supervise the operation, execution, or administration of to prevent or detect and prosecute violations of rules and regulations b. to exercise such supervision over the policies and activities of5. to perform the functions of a police force in or over II noun (plural police) USAGE often attributive ETYMOLOGY French, from Old French, from Late Latin politiagovernment, administration, from Greek politeia, from politēscitizen, from polis city, state; akin to Sanskrit pur rampart, Lithuanian pilis castle DATE 17161. a. the internal organization or regulation of a political unit through exercise of governmental powers especially with respect to general comfort, health, morals, safety, or prosperity b. control and regulation of affairs affecting the general order and welfare of any unit or area c. the system of laws for effecting such control2. a. the department of government concerned primarily with maintenance of public order, safety, and health and enforcement of laws and possessing executive, judicial, and legislative powers b. the department of government charged with prevention, detection, and prosecution of public nuisances and crimes3. a. police force b. plural : police officers4. a. a private organization resembling a police force campus police b. plural : the members of a private police organization5. a. the action or process of cleaning and putting in order b. military personnel detailed to perform this function6. one attempting to regulate or censor a specified field or activity the fashion policeEnglish Etymologypolice c.1530, at first essentially the same word as policy (1); from M.Frhttp://M.Fr.police (1477), from L. politia "civil administration," from Gk. polis"city" (see policy (1)). Still used in Eng. for "civil administration" until mid-19c.; application to "administration of public order" (1716) is from Fr., and originally referred to France or other foreign nations. The first force so-named in Eng. was the Marine Police, set up 1798 to protect merchandise at the Port of London. The verb "to keep order by means of police" is from 1841; policemanis from 1829. Police state "state regulated by means of national police" first recorded 1865, with ref. to Austria.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ policepo·lice / pE5li:s / noun (often the police) [pl.] an official organization whose job is to make people obey the law and to prevent and solve crime; the people who work for this organization 警察部门；警方: A man was arrested by the police and held for questioning. 一名男子被警方逮捕并拘押讯问。 Get out of the house or I'll call the police. 滚出这所房子,不然我就叫警察了。 Police suspect a local gang. 警方怀疑当地的一个不良帮派。 a police car 警车 Hundreds of police in riot gear struggled to control the violence. 数以百计的警察身披防暴装备,奋力镇压暴乱。 ⇨ see also kitchen police , secret policeverb[VN] 1. (of the police, army, etc. 警察、军队等) to go around a particular area to make sure that nobody is breaking the law there 巡查；维护治安: The border will be policed by UN officials. 边境将由联合国官员巡查。 2. (of a committee, etc. 委员会等) to make sure that a particular set of rules is obeyed 监督；管制 SYN monitor : The profession is policed by its own regulatory body. 这个行业由其自律机构监督。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishpolice noun ADJ. armed, mounted | plain-clothes, uniformed | anti-riot, riot | paramilitary, secret, security | federal, local, national, state VERB + POLICE call | alert, tell POLICE + VERB arrest sb | patrol sth | interview sb, question sb | investigate sth | appeal for sth Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward. POLICE + NOUN chief, constable, officer | spokesman | headquarters, station | cell He spent the night in a police cell after his arrest. | custody | car, helicopter, van, vehicle an unmarked police car | driver, marksman | dog, horse | authorities, force, service | unit | enquiries, investigation | escort The visiting fans returned to the railway station under police escort. | patrol A routine police patrol spotted signs of a break-in at the offices. | raid Nine arrests were made in a series of police raids across the city. | presence There was a huge police presence at the demonstration. | protection All prosecution witnesses were given police protection. | cordon, lines Some protesters managed to break through the police cordon. | chase | informer | brutality, harassment PHRASES helping the police with their enquiries No arrest has been made, but a man is helping the police with their enquiries. OLTpolice verb⇨ regulateWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: kitchen police , or military police , or police action , or police burgh , or police commissioner , or police constable , or police court , or police department , or police dog , or police force , or police inspector , or police jury , or police justice , or police matron , or police motu , or police offense , or police office , or police officer , or police power , or police reporter , or police science , or police state , or police station , or battle police , or secret police , or stable police , or state police , or police procedural , or police judge , or police magistrate , or air policepo·liceI. \pəˈlēs, pōˈ-, in rapid speech ˈplēs\ noun(plural police)Usage: often attributiveEtymology: Middle French, conduct of public affairs, administration of government, from Late Latin politia, from Latin, state, from Greek politeia citizenship, administration of government, state, from politēs citizen, from polis city; akin to Sanskrit pura city and probably to Latin plenus full — more at full1. archaic : social or group organization : civilization < insects whose faculties, police, and sagacity have been … overrated — J.R.Johnson > < the age … was far less insecure in its condition of police — Thomas De Quincey >2. archaic : policy < the police and interests of the Roman see — John Entick >3. a. (1) : the internal organization or regulation of a political unit (as a nation or state) : the control and regulation of such a unit through the exercise of governmental powers (2) : such control and regulation with respect to matters affecting the general comfort, health, morals, safety, or prosperity of the public b. : the control and regulation of the affairs affecting the general order and welfare of a nonpolitical unit (as a camp) or area < regulations regarding the police of this navigation — Congress of Vienna 1815 > < the police of the boat is superior to the best regulated tavern — Anne Royall > c. : the organization or system of laws for effecting such control4. a. : the department of government concerned primarily with the maintenance of public order, safety, and health and the enforcement of the laws and possessing executive, judicial, and legislative powers — see police power b. : the department of government having as its principal function the prevention, detection, and prosecution of public nuisances and crimes5. a. : police force < the metropolitan police > < the police was there in force — Arthur Morrison > < the police and other local law enforcement bodies — Jack Lait & Lee Mortimer > b. : a member of a police force or constabulary : policeman — usually used in plural < ask these two police all the questions — Thomas Sterling > < detectives, plainclothesmen and uniformed police — New York Herald Tribune >6. a. (1) : an organization resembling the police force of a community :a group of persons officially entrusted with the duty of keeping order and enforcing regulations in a usually specified area < railway police > < dock police > < campus police > (2) : a member of such an organization — usually used in plural b. (1) : a group of persons held to resemble such a police force in organization or function < society … has its code and police as well as governments — W.M.Thackeray > (2) : a member of such a group — usually used in plural < members act as volunteer thought police — Paul Blanshard >7. : the action or process of cleaning and putting in order (as a building or an area) < the gun commander is responsible for the police of his gun position >8. : military personnel detailed to perform a usually specified function — see kitchen policeII. transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle French policer, from police, n.; in other senses, from police (I) 1. archaic : to maintain law and order in (as a country) : govern < humane laws by which kingdoms are policed — John Donne >2. a. : to control, regulate, or keep in order by the use of police or a similar force or by means held to resemble the use of police < a four-lane thoroughfare policed against speeding — American Guide Series: Texas > < waters … policed by two sets of revenue officers — American Guide Series: Maryland > < the use of superstition for … policing the mob — Benjamin Farrington > b. : to guard or protect by means of police3. : to make clean and put in order (as a military camp) — often used with up4. a. : to supervise the operation, execution, or administration of (as an agreement) to prevent or detect and prosecute violations of rules and regulations < responsibility for policing the peace — Sumner Welles > < the role of government in policing welfare funds — Ed Marciniak > < use of an internal audit agency … to police the financial and accounting activities — H.W.Bordner > b. : to exercise such a supervision over the policies and activities of < a top-level committee to police holders of government contracts — New Republic > < every industry has a moral obligation to police itself — Advertising & Selling >5. : to perform the functions (as regulation or protection) of a police force in or over < state police charged with policing rural communities — American Guide Series: Michigan > < ordered his 40,000-man army … to police the land — Current Biography >

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