blitz

Unadapted borrowing from English blitz, shortened from English blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg.

random checkpoint (a hastily set-up point along a road where the police stop random drivers)


prender

pt-verb

prender (first-person singular present prendo, first-person singular preterite prendi, past participle prendido, short past participle preso)

prendo (first-person present singular)
prendi (first-person preterite singular)
prendido (participle past)
preso (participle past short-form)
prender (impersonal infinitive)
prender (first-person infinitive singular)
prenderes (infinitive second-person singular)
prender (infinitive singular third-person)
prendermos (first-person infinitive plural)
prenderdes (infinitive plural second-person)
prenderem (infinitive plural third-person)
prendendo (gerund)
preso (masculine participle past short-form singular)
presos (masculine participle past plural short-form)
presa (feminine participle past short-form singular)
presas (feminine participle past plural short-form)
prendido (long-form masculine participle past singular)
prendidos (long-form masculine participle past plural)
prendida (feminine long-form participle past singular)
prendidas (feminine long-form participle past plural)
prendo (first-person indicative present singular)
prendes (indicative present second-person singular)
prende (indicative present singular third-person)
prendemos (first-person indicative plural present)
prendeis (indicative plural present second-person)
prendem (indicative plural present third-person)
prendia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prendias (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prendia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prendíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prendíeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prendiam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prendi (first-person indicative preterite singular)
prendeste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
prendeu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
prendemos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
prendestes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
prenderam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
prendera (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
prenderas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
prendera (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
prendêramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
prendêreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
prenderam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
prenderei (first-person future indicative singular)
prenderás (future indicative second-person singular)
prenderá (future indicative singular third-person)
prenderemos (first-person future indicative plural)
prendereis (future indicative plural second-person)
prenderão (future indicative plural third-person)
prenderia (conditional first-person singular)
prenderias (conditional second-person singular)
prenderia (conditional singular third-person)
prenderíamos (conditional first-person plural)
prenderíeis (conditional plural second-person)
prenderiam (conditional plural third-person)
prenda (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prendas (present second-person singular subjunctive)
prenda (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prendamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prendais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prendam (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prendesse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prendesses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prendesse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prendêssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prendêsseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prendessem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prender (first-person future singular subjunctive)
prenderes (future second-person singular subjunctive)
prender (future singular subjunctive third-person)
prendermos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
prenderdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
prenderem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
prende (imperative second-person singular)
prenda (imperative singular third-person)
prendamos (first-person imperative plural)
prendei (imperative plural second-person)
prendam (imperative plural third-person)
não prendas (imperative negative second-person singular)
não prenda (imperative negative singular third-person)
não prendamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não prendais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não prendam (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese prender, from Latin prēndere, variant of prehendere (“to seize; to detain”), from prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“to take, to seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-.

to arrest (to seize and take into legal custody)


perfil

Borrowed from Spanish perfil (“profile”), from Provençal perfil.

(law enforcement) profile (summary or collection of information, especially about a person)


masculino

pt-noun

masculino m (plural masculinos, feminine feminino, feminine plural femininos)

masculinos (plural)
feminino (feminine)
femininos (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin masculīnus.

(South Brazil, law enforcement) male individual


tira

From tirar (“to remove”), from Old Galician-Portuguese tirar, of uncertain origin.

(slang, law enforcement) cop; police officer


fichar

pt-verb

fichar (first-person singular present ficho, first-person singular preterite fichei, past participle fichado)

ficho (first-person present singular)
fichei (first-person preterite singular)
fichado (participle past)
fichar (impersonal infinitive)
fichar (first-person infinitive singular)
fichares (infinitive second-person singular)
fichar (infinitive singular third-person)
ficharmos (first-person infinitive plural)
fichardes (infinitive plural second-person)
ficharem (infinitive plural third-person)
fichando (gerund)
fichado (masculine participle past singular)
fichados (masculine participle past plural)
fichada (feminine participle past singular)
fichadas (feminine participle past plural)
ficho (first-person indicative present singular)
fichas (indicative present second-person singular)
ficha (indicative present singular third-person)
fichamos (first-person indicative plural present)
fichais (indicative plural present second-person)
ficham (indicative plural present third-person)
fichava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fichavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fichava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fichávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ficháveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fichavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fichei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
fichaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fichou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fichamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fichámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fichastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
ficharam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
fichara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
ficharas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
fichara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
ficháramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
ficháreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
ficharam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
ficharei (first-person future indicative singular)
ficharás (future indicative second-person singular)
fichará (future indicative singular third-person)
ficharemos (first-person future indicative plural)
fichareis (future indicative plural second-person)
ficharão (future indicative plural third-person)
ficharia (conditional first-person singular)
ficharias (conditional second-person singular)
ficharia (conditional singular third-person)
ficharíamos (conditional first-person plural)
ficharíeis (conditional plural second-person)
fichariam (conditional plural third-person)
fiche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fiches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fiche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fichemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ficheis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fichem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fichasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fichasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fichasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fichássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fichásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fichassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fichar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
fichares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
fichar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
ficharmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
fichardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
ficharem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
ficha (imperative second-person singular)
fiche (imperative singular third-person)
fichemos (first-person imperative plural)
fichai (imperative plural second-person)
fichem (imperative plural third-person)
não fiches (imperative negative second-person singular)
não fiche (imperative negative singular third-person)
não fichemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não ficheis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não fichem (imperative negative plural third-person)


tenente

From Latin tenentem, probably a borrowing.

(military, law enforcement) lieutenant (a low commissioned officer rank)


fechadura

[fɨ.ʃɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

[fɨ.ʃɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

[fɨ.t͡ʃɐˈðu.ɾɐ]


Gestapo

Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo.

(historical) Gestapo (the secret police of the Nazi party)


sargento

pt-noun

sargento m or f by sense (plural sargentos, feminine sargento or (less common) sargenta, feminine plural sargentos or (less common) sargentas)

sargentos (plural)
sargento (feminine)
sargenta (feminine uncommon)
sargentos (feminine plural)
sargentas (feminine plural uncommon)

Kadiwéu: jajeentegi

Borrowed from French sergent, from Middle French sergent, from Old French serjant, from Medieval Latin servientem (“a servant, a vassal, a soldier or an apparitor”). Doublet of servente.

uder

(law enforcement) sergeant (rank in some police forces)


espiar

pt-verb

espiar (first-person singular present espio, first-person singular preterite espiei, past participle espiado)

espio (first-person present singular)
espiei (first-person preterite singular)
espiado (participle past)
espiar (impersonal infinitive)
espiar (first-person infinitive singular)
espiares (infinitive second-person singular)
espiar (infinitive singular third-person)
espiarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
espiardes (infinitive plural second-person)
espiarem (infinitive plural third-person)
espiando (gerund)
espiado (masculine participle past singular)
espiados (masculine participle past plural)
espiada (feminine participle past singular)
espiadas (feminine participle past plural)
espio (first-person indicative present singular)
espias (indicative present second-person singular)
espia (indicative present singular third-person)
espiamos (first-person indicative plural present)
espiais (indicative plural present second-person)
espiam (indicative plural present third-person)
espiava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
espiavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
espiava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
espiávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
espiáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
espiavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
espiei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
espiaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
espiou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
espiamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
espiámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
espiastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
espiaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
espiara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
espiaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
espiara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
espiáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
espiáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
espiaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
espiarei (first-person future indicative singular)
espiarás (future indicative second-person singular)
espiará (future indicative singular third-person)
espiaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
espiareis (future indicative plural second-person)
espiarão (future indicative plural third-person)
espiaria (conditional first-person singular)
espiarias (conditional second-person singular)
espiaria (conditional singular third-person)
espiaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
espiaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
espiariam (conditional plural third-person)
espie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
espies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
espie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
espiemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
espieis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
espiem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
espiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
espiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
espiasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
espiássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
espiásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
espiassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
espiar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
espiares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
espiar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
espiarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
espiardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
espiarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
espia (imperative second-person singular)
espie (imperative singular third-person)
espiemos (first-person imperative plural)
espiai (imperative plural second-person)
espiem (imperative plural third-person)
não espies (imperative negative second-person singular)
não espie (imperative negative singular third-person)
não espiemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não espieis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não espiem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Vulgar Latin *spiāre, from Gothic or Frankish *spehōn, from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).


cobertura

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobertura, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus.

Corre para o outro lado enquanto eu te dou cobertura.

Run to the other side while I cover you.

(military, law enforcement) protection from enemy fire


inteligência

pt-noun

inteligência f (usually uncountable, plural inteligências)

Learned borrowing from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”).

lbor

(military, espionage) intelligence; intel (secret information about the enemy)


prisioneiro

pt-noun

prisioneiro m (plural prisioneiros, feminine prisioneira, feminine plural prisioneiras)

prisioneiros (plural)
prisioneira (feminine)
prisioneiras (feminine plural)

From French prisonnier (“prisoner”), from prison (“prison”), from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiō (“seizing”), from prehendō (“to seize”).

prisoner (person incarcerated in a prison)


bombeiro

bombeiro m (plural bombeiros, feminine bombeira, feminine plural bombeiras)

bombeiros (plural)
bombeira (feminine)
bombeiras (feminine plural)


antiterrorismo

(law enforcement, military) antiterrorism (activity aiming at opposing terrorism)


espião

espião m (plural espiões, feminine espiã, feminine plural espiãs)

espiões (plural)
espiã (feminine)
espiãs (feminine plural)

[is.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[isˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[esˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[isˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[esˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[esˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

E em que valor he estimada a Magistratura de Portugal quando com ella se pagão os serviços infames de hum espião?

1820, “Prerogativa do Poder Real fazer a nomeação dos Juizes”, in Historia das Cortes que houve em Portugal […], Lisbon: Viuva Neves, page 35

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


anticrime

(law enforcement) anticrime (opposed to or aimed at preventing or punishing crime)


antivandalismo

(law enforcement) antivandalism (opposing or proscribing vandalism)


cadeado

Hunsrik: Katëaat

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadẽado, from Late Latin catēnātum, derived from Latin catēna (“chain”).


cadeado

pt-adj

cadeado (feminine cadeada, masculine plural cadeados, feminine plural cadeadas, not comparable)

cadeada (feminine)
cadeados (masculine plural)
cadeadas (feminine plural)


Europol

[eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɔʊ̯]

(European Union) Europol (the criminal intelligence agency of the European Union)


contraterrorismo

(law enforcement, military) antiterrorism; counter-terrorism (activity aiming at opposing terrorism)


masmorra

Borrowed from Arabic مَطْمُورَة (maṭmūra).


anticriminal

pt-adj

anticriminal m or f (plural anticriminais)


extinção

[is.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/iʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[iʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/eʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[eʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐjʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐjʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin extīnctiōnem, from extīnctus, perfect passive participle of extīnguō (“to extinguish”).

lbor

Extinção de incêndios florestais.

extinguishment (act of putting out a fire)

Extinção da escravidão.

Extinção dos dinossauros.

(ecology) extinction (the disappearance of a species from a region, or as a whole)

A extinção da cal é feita com a adição de água à mesma.

The slaking of lime is done by adding water to it.

the act of slaking lime to produce slaked lime

Graças à extinção, podemos olhar diretamente ao sol quando ele está no horizonte.

Thanks to extinction, we can look directly at the sun when it’s in the horizon.

(astronomy) extinction (absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation)


agente duplo

pt-noun

agente duplo m or f by sense (plural agente duplos)


codinome

(business, espionage, military, Brazil) code name (name used to clandestinely identify something)


serviço secreto

serviço secreto m (plural serviços secretos)

intelligence agency (governmental agency devoted to gathering information for national security)


serviço de informações

serviço de informações m (plural serviços de informações)


alerta AMBER

amber alert (public notification of a child abduction in the US and Canada)


BOPE

(Brazil) Acronym of Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais.

(Brazil) Acronym of Batalhão de Operações Especiais.


antiespionagem

antiespionage (countering or opposing espionage)


anticontrabando

(law enforcement) antismuggling (acting to combat or prevent smuggling)


antiextorsão

[ɐ̃.t͡ʃɪ.es.toɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐ̃.t͡ʃjes.toɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐ̃.t͡ʃɪ.eʃ.toχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐ̃.t͡ʃjeʃ.toχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐ̃.t͡ʃɪ.es.toɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐ̃.t͡ʃjes.toɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(law enforcement) antiextortion (countering extortion)


antigangue

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈɡɐ̃.ɡi/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈɡɐ̃.ɡi/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈɡɐ̃.ɡe/

/ˌɐ̃.tiˈɡɐ̃.ɡɨ/

[ˌɐ̃.tiˈɣɐ̃.ɡɨ]

(law enforcement) antigang (intended to combat or reduce the activity of criminal gangs)


antinarcótico

pt-adj

antinarcótico (feminine antinarcótica, masculine plural antinarcóticos, feminine plural antinarcóticas)

antinarcótica (feminine)
antinarcóticos (masculine plural)
antinarcóticas (feminine plural)

(law enforcement) antinarcotic (opposing or countering narcotics)


antimaconha

(law, law enforcement) antimarijuana (opposed to, or countering, the use of marijuana)


antilavagem

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.laˈva.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˌɐ̃.ti.lɐˈβa.ʒɐ̃j̃]

(law enforcement) antilaundering (countering money laundering)


antipedofilia

(law enforcement) antipaedophile (opposing paedophiles)


antilinchamento

(law, law enforcement) antilynching (prohibiting or preventing the practice of lynching)


antiprotestos

(law enforcement) antiprotest (opposing or countering protests)


antissequestro

(law enforcement) antikidnapping (preventing or countering kidnapping)


antiviolência

(law enforcement, sociology) antiviolence (acting against or opposing violence)


antitráfico

(law, law enforcement) antitrafficking (serving to counter trafficking)


soldado do fogo

pt-noun

soldado do fogo m (plural soldados do fogo)

(poetic) firefighter (person trained to extinguish fires and undertake rescue operations)


contraterrorista

pt-adj

contraterrorista m or f (plural contraterroristas)

(law enforcement, military) antiterrorist (counteracting terrorism)


subdelegacia

From sub- (“police station”) + delegacia.

(law enforcement) substation (police station under the jurisdiction of another)


reformatório

approved school; reformatory (prison for young offenders)


polícia secreta

pt-noun

polícia secreta f (plural polícias secretas)

secret police (police operating in secrecy)


batalhão de choque

batalhão de choque m (plural batalhões de choque)

(law enforcement) riot police (a unit of police trained to deal with riots)


polícia de choque

polícia de choque f (plural polícias de choque)

riot police (police trained to deal with riots)


carnífice

carnífice m or f by sense (plural carnífices)

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificem (“butcher”).

lbor

(archaic) executioner (person who carries out a capital punishment)


PIDE

(Portugal, historical) Acronym of Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado (“Portuguese secret police during Estado Novo era.”)


GNR

/ˈʒe ˌɛˈnjɛ.ʁɨ/

Guarda Nacional Republicana
w:pt:Guarda Nacional Republicana

(Portugal, law enforcement) Initialism of Guarda Nacional Republicana.