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What does police mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word police? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order. [from 18th c.]
  2. (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Scotland) A police officer. [from 19th c.]
  3. (obsolete) Policy. [15th-19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) Communal living; civilization. [16th-19th c.]
  5. (now rare, historical) The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc. [from 17th c.]
Verb
  1. (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
  2. (transitive) To patrol or clean up an area.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To enforce norms or standards upon.
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