mandat

→ Ottoman Turkish: ماندا (manda)

Turkish: manda

Borrowed from Latin mandātum, from mandō (“put in one's hands, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“hand”) + *dʰeh₁- (“put”).


interpellation

fr-noun

interpellation f (plural interpellations)

(law enforcement) (an instance of) questioning


SAS

(law enforcement) abbreviation of section des agressions sexuelles (“sexual assault squad”)


modus operandi

modus operandi m (plural modus operandi)


peacekeeper

(Canada, law enforcement) peacekeeper (peace officer from an aboriginal Canadian community)


à point

rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point

Quand on se trouvait devant un suspect qui n'était pas à point, on le mettait en glacière. Après une heure ou deux il était souvent un peu plus loquace.

When faced with a suspect who wasn't ready, we'd put him in the cooler. After an hour or two he was often a little more talkative.

(figuratively, law enforcement) softened up (of a suspect)


GRC

G.R.C. (alternative)
G. R. C. (alternative)

Gendarmerie Royale du Canada
w:fr:Gendarmerie Royale du Canada

(law enforcement, Canada) initialism of Gendarmerie Royale du Canada (“Royal Canadian Mounted Police”): RCMP


razzia

→ Catalan: ràtzia

→ Czech: razie

→ Danish: razzia

→ Dutch: razzia

→ Indonesian: razia

→ English: razzia

→ Finnish: ratsia

→ German: Razzia

→ Hungarian: razzia

→ Italian: razzia

→ Portuguese: razia

→ Spanish: razia

→ Swedish: razzia

From earlier razia (1830), gazia (1808), borrowed from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة (ḡaziya), classical Arabic غَزْوَة (ḡazwa, “raid, military campaign”). Compare Portuguese gazia.


serrer

serrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
serrant (gerund participle present)
serrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
serré (participle past)
serré (participle past)
serre (first-person indicative present singular)
serres (indicative present second-person singular)
serre (indicative present singular third-person)
serrons (first-person indicative plural present)
serrons (first-person indicative plural present)
serrez (indicative plural present second-person)
serrez (indicative plural present second-person)
serrent (indicative plural present third-person)
serrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
serrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
serrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
serrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
serrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
serrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
serrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
serrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
serriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
serriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
serraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
serraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
serrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
serrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
serras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
serras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
serra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
serra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
serrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
serrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
serrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
serrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
serrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
serrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
serrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
serrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
serreras (future indicative second-person singular)
serreras (future indicative second-person singular)
serrera (future indicative singular third-person)
serrera (future indicative singular third-person)
serrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
serrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
serrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
serrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
serreront (future indicative plural third-person)
serreront (future indicative plural third-person)
serrerais (conditional first-person singular)
serrerais (conditional first-person singular)
serrerais (conditional second-person singular)
serrerais (conditional second-person singular)
serrerait (conditional singular third-person)
serrerait (conditional singular third-person)
serrerions (conditional first-person plural)
serrerions (conditional first-person plural)
serreriez (conditional plural second-person)
serreriez (conditional plural second-person)
serreraient (conditional plural third-person)
serreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
serre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
serres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
serre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
serrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
serrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
serriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
serriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
serrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
serrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
serrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
serrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
serrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
serrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
serrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
serrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
serrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
serrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
serrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
serrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
serrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
serre (imperative second-person singular)
serrons (first-person imperative plural)
serrons (first-person imperative plural)
serrez (imperative plural second-person)
serrez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French serrer, from Vulgar Latin *serrāre (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serāre (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“bolt, crossbar”).

(slang, law enforcement, transitive) to pinch (to arrest, apprehend someone)


glacière

Une heure ou deux en glacière suffisaient souvent à rendre les gens plus loquaces.

An hour or two in the cooler was often enough to make people more talkative.

(figuratively, law enforcement) waiting room (used as a means to soften a suspect)


SQ

Sûreté du Québec
Sûreté du Québec#French

(law enforcement) initialism of Sûreté du Québec - SQ


Sûreté du Québec

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Sûreté du Québec
Sûreté du Québec#English

(Quebec, law enforcement) Sûreté du Québec


SPVM

(law enforcement) initialism of Service de police de la Ville de Montréal SPVM


Sûreté

From the noun sûreté (“safety, security”).

(law enforcement, France) Sûreté Nationale

(law enforcement, Quebec) Sûreté du Québec


SPCUM

(law enforcement) Service de police de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal — SPCUM – the MUC police service, replaced by the SPVM


antenne de police

antenne de police f (plural antennes de police)

(France, law enforcement) police box (small police station)


inspecteur

inspecteur m (plural inspecteurs, feminine inspectrice)

inspecteurs (plural)
inspectrice (feminine)

desctree

→ Dutch: inspecteur
→ Indonesian: inspektur

(law enforcement, obsolete) police detective


ratissage

(law enforcement slang) search, search and sweep (operation), ratissage


PNC

Initials of personnel navigant commercial (commercial flying staff).

w:fr:Police nationale (république démocratique du Congo)

(Democratic Republic of the Congo, law enforcement) initialism of Police Nationale Congolaise (“Congolese National Police”)


coup de filet

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(by extension, law enforcement) raid during which the police made numerous arrests


fadette

(law enforcement, slang) a detailed list of phone calls made and received, together with associated GPS information


Quai des Orfèvres
Quai des Orfèvres#French

(historical, Paris, law enforcement) synonym of Quai des Orfèvres


BRI

w:fr:Brigade de recherche et d'intervention (France)

(law enforcement) initialism of Brigade de recherche et d'intervention (“Research and Intervention Brigade”), a unit of the French National Police


Quai

(Paris police) short for Quai des Orfèvres


marseillisation

fr-noun

marseillisation f (plural marseillisations)

(law enforcement) Fact, for a city, of having increasingly rampant drug-related violence, becoming like Marseille.


Bercy

(dated, Paris, law enforcement) synonym of ivrogne (“drunkard”)


mode opératoire

mode opératoire m (plural modes opératoires)


UES

(law enforcement, Canada) initialism of unité des enquêtes spéciales (“Special Investigations Unit, SIU”)


narchomicide

(France, law enforcement) drug-related murder


PNAT

parquet national antiterroriste
w:fr:parquet national antiterroriste

(France, law enforcement) initialism of parquet national antiterroriste (“National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office”)