Significato di police in inglese

police

/pəˈliːs/ us

/pəˈliːs/

the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed a crime:

the police I think you should call the police.

The police are investigating fraud allegations against him.

members of this organization:

There should be more police patrolling the area on foot.

disapproving

people who want to tell other people how something should be done:

fashion police The fashion police think women over 30 shouldn't wear jeans.

grammar police Use the wrong form of “its”, “there”, or “your” and you are sure to have the grammar police tell you off.

internet police There's no need to go all "internet police" over a jokey comment.

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The police are appealing to the public for any information about the missing girl.
The police gave out road safety booklets to the children.
Get out of here now or I'll call the police.
When she was stopped by the police for speeding, she gave them a false name and address.
The role of the police is to ensure that the law is obeyed.

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The police generally

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People who work for the police service

Giving orders & commands

police

verb [ T ]

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to control or guard a public event or area by using members of the police or a similar force:

The march will be heavily policed by an anti-riot unit.

to control the way in which a possibly dangerous substance is dealt with or a dangerous activity is done:

The use of these chemicals must be carefully policed.

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Controlling and being in charge

(Definizione di police dal Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

police | Dizionario inglese americano

police

plural noun

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an official force whose job is to maintain public order, deal with crime, and make people obey the law, or the members of this force:

I think you should call the police.

Police arrested two people in connection with the robbery.

police

verb [ T ]

/pəˈlis/

to control or maintain order, esp. with police:

Security forces policed the border.

It’s up to the government to police the financial markets.

(Definizione di police dal Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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police

verb [ T ]

/pəˈliːs/ us

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to make sure that the rules of an activity, organization, industry, etc. are obeyed:

It's impossible for the moderator to police all the comments that have been posted.

to control the way in which a possibly dangerous substance is dealt with or a dangerous activity is done:

The use of these chemicals must be carefully policed.

(Definizione di police dal Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Esempi di police

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Industrialization, poverty, and unemployment gave rise to property, as opposed to people-related, offences on a scale that transcended ethnic boundaries and necessitated new policing methods.

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The same considerations should, presumably, underpin reviews of policing in democratic societies.

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Ghanaian policing has much in common with policing elsewhere.

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However, the issue of policing remains highly contentious.

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No longer was the state responsible for policing the health of society: everyone was to be his or her own policeman.

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Adapting postwar social polices to new social risks.

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Given its expected role in deterring crime, punishment was a significant aspect of policing in this period.

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In addition to the previous issue, problems of rigidity in policing the system become relevant.

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Criticisms focused upon the arboretum's appearance, policing problems, access and funding.

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Rather, reform emerged out of and re-ected the various forms of policing that had evolved at the local level over the previous 100 years.

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With the appointment of his new gardes, the burden of policing the craft would be transferred to the state.

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Within this discursive framework there are both an explicit denial that policing changes have occurred, and a call for an entirely "new" form of policing.

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The history of modern policing itself indicates longstanding concern with excessive, sometimes brutal, control over citizens by law enforcement agents.

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While a notion of policing might be regarded as pejorative, this is not the intention.

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Thus, communities policed and judged themselves : the need to prevent crime and resolve disputes was one of the ties binding communities together.

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Collocazioni con police

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corrupt police

Thank heaven, in this country we have not got a corrupt police.

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Hansard archive

Esempi tratti dall’archivio Hansard. Contiene dati parlamentari concessi ai sensi della Licenza libera parlamentare v3.0

local police

They do not have access to # official disciplinary structures, for example, in the form of a local police force.

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mounted police

Around 300 police and special constables were on the scene, including thirty-six mounted police who charged and dispersed the crowd.

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Traduzioni di police

in cinese (tradizionale)

警察當局，警方, 員警, 維持…的治安，巡查…

Significato di police in inglese

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