"state police" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-state police.ogg Forms: state polices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} state police (usually uncountable, plural state polices)
  1. (US, Australia, law enforcement) The police force belonging to the state (subnational) government, as contrasted with federal, county, or municipal law enforcement. Tags: Australia, US, uncountable, usually Synonyms: smokies [US], state troopers, state patrol Hypernyms: Johnny Law [slang], law enforcement, police, the law Related terms: secret police Translations (police force belonging to the state government): 州警察 (Chinese Mandarin), Staatspolizei [US, feminine] (German), Landespolizei (english: German equivalent) [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-state_police-en-noun-Einjoyhk Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Law enforcement, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 37 Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'police force belonging to the state government': 68 32
  2. Outside the USA or Australia, the national police, i.e. the police force belonging to the national (state) government. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (outside of USA or Australia): national police
    Sense id: en-state_police-en-noun-PErzN2pW Disambiguation of 'outside of USA or Australia': 6 94

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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