"police force" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: police forces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} police force (plural police forces)
  1. (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary. Categories (topical): Collectives, Law enforcement, People Synonyms: police department, police service, police Related terms: police department, police service Translations (police organization, constabulary): cos de policia [masculine] (Catalan), forces policials [feminine, plural] (Catalan), forces d'ordre públic [feminine, plural] (Catalan), forces de seguretat [feminine, plural] (Catalan), kapolisan (Cebuano), 警察 (jǐngchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 警隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 警队 (jǐngduì) (Chinese Mandarin), kreslu [masculine] (Cornish), policejní sbor [masculine] (Czech), ordetroepen [masculine, plural] (Dutch), poliisi (Finnish), poliisivoimat [plural] (Finnish), forces de l’ordre [feminine, plural] (French), Polizeitruppe [feminine] (German), Polizeiapparat [masculine] (German), Polizeikräfte [feminine, plural] (German), rendőrség (Hungarian), rendőri erők (Hungarian), policistaro (Ido), vigilia [feminine] (Latin), politistyrke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), polititropp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), politistyrke [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), polititropp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), policja [feminine] (Polish), corpo de polícia [masculine] (Portuguese), forças de segurança [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), forças da ordem [feminine] (Portuguese), forças da ordem pública [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), forças policiais [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), cuerpo de policía [masculine] (Spanish), fuerzas policiales [feminine, plural] (Spanish), fuerzas del orden [feminine, plural] (Spanish), fuerzas de orden público [feminine, plural] (Spanish), fuerzas de seguridad [feminine, plural] (Spanish), kapulisan (Tagalog), polis fos (Tok Pisin), polis kuvvetleri [plural] (Turkish), poldanef [collective] (Volapük), heddlu [masculine] (Welsh)

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  "word": "police force"
}

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