"state police" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-state police.ogg [Australia] 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 Categories (topical): Law enforcement 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): Staatspolizei [US, feminine] (German), Landespolizei (english: German equivalent) [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-state_police-en-noun-Einjoyhk Categories (other): American English, Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'police force belonging to the state government': 65 35
  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': 7 93

Inflected forms

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