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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "câine polițist"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "policéjskaja sobáka",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "полице́йская соба́ка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "USSR",
"lang": "Russian",
"raw_tags": [
"before 2011 rebranding"
],
"roman": "milicéjskaja sobáka",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"Russia",
"feminine"
],
"word": "милице́йская соба́ка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "služébnaja sobáka",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "служе́бная соба́ка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "полицијски пас"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "policijski pas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "perro policía"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "perro policial"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"word": "mbwa wa polisi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "polishund"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"word": "polis köpeği"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "trained dog for police work",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "plysjehûn"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"police dog"
],
"word": "police dog"
}
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