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Meaning of "the police" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE POLICE

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WHAT DOES THE POLICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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The Police

The Police were an English rock music group formed in London in 1977. For the majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first new wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. They are also considered one of the leaders of the Second British Invasion of the US. They disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour lasting until August 2008. Their 1983 album, Synchronicity, was number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and sold over 8 million copies in the US alone. They have sold more than 75 million records worldwide and were the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, thanks to their reunion tour. The band has won a number of music awards throughout their career, including six Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards—winning Best British Group once, an MTV Video Music Award, and in 2003 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE POLICE

the platteland
the Pleistocene
the Pliocene
the Plough
the point of no return
the point of tangency
the Pointers
the poky
the Pole Star
the pole vault
the Potteries
the powers that be
the pox
the Preacher
the Precambrian
the present
the press
the price of someone
the Prime Mover
the primrose path

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE POLICE

airport police
Alice
auxiliary police
border police
campus police
chief of police
county police
Metropolitan Police
military police
mounted police
police
provincial police
railway police
riot police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
secret police
security police
State police
thought police
traffic police
Transport Police

Synonyms and antonyms of the police in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the police» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE POLICE

Find out the translation of the police to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the police from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the police» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

警方
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la policía
570 millions of speakers

English

the police
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुलिस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشرطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полиция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a polícia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুলিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la police
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

polis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Polizei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

警察官
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경찰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polisi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cảnh sát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொலிஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोलिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

polis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la polizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

policja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поліція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poliția
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η αστυνομία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die polisie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polisen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

politiet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the police

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE POLICE»

The term «the police» is very widely used and occupies the 9.443 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE POLICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the police» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the police» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the police

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE POLICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the police.
1
Bryan Adams
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
2
Trey Anastasio
My life had become a catastrophe. I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had almost lost my family. My whole life had devolved into a disaster. I believe that the police officer who stopped me at three a.m. that morning saved my life.
3
Ian Anderson
When I was in my teenage years, I went to sign up as a cadet entrant to the police force but was at the very last moment rejected, just as I was about to sign my name on the dotted line. I won't get into why that happened, but it was a moment where it could've been predetermined then that I was off to become a policeman.
4
Michael D. Barnes
Every place in the country you should get a license that shows you know how to safely store it, keep it away from your children or grandchildren. You should have to license it so the police can trace it if it's used in a crime.
5
Pat Brown
Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations.
6
Wilfred Burchett
The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city.
7
Alafair Burke
I was the weirdest kid: I wanted to see the police file - in grade school! I was convinced I could crack the case if I just had that file.
8
William S. Burroughs
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
9
Claude Chabrol
We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.
10
Caryl Chessman
How, possibly, could the police have made the 'mistake' of charging the wrong man with the notorious Red Light Bandit crimes? That also is something that is fully revealed in the Pandora's Box of facts I have prepared.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE POLICE»

Discover the use of the police in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the police and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Police
Several police officers are found murdered at the scene of an old and unsolved murder case that they were involved in investigating. The killings are extremely brutal and bestial. The police have no leads.
Jo Nesbo, 2013
2
The Police Composite Sketch
In addition, this book discusses other relevant topics, such as the three-stage drawing technique, witness and victim types, descriptive terminologies, managing composite sessions.
Stephen Mancusi, 2010
3
Walking on the Moon: The Untold Story of the Police and the ...
Walking on the Moon is not just an irreverent and entertaining romp through the story of one of the world’s best-known music brands- it also offers and insightful critical analysis of the broader factors that enabled the rise of the ...
Chris Campion, 2010
4
The Police Procedural
This kind of narrative is customarily called the "police procedural" story. And it is the subject of this book. Though there has been numberless writers of these stories, there has never been a book of criticism before.
George N. Dove, 1982
5
Stress and the Police Officer
"Good policing is not impossible.
Katherine W. Ellison, 2004
6
The Novel and the Police
His mastery of an intricate, layered, and sinuous argument is stunning, the writing no less than superb. For all the book's overarching debt to Foucault, D.A. Miller 'do the police' in a voice all his own.
D. A. Miller, 1988
7
The Police Manager
A practical, field-tested guide for students and professionals who aspire to leadership roles in law enforcement.
‎2012
8
John Douglas's Guide to the Police Officer Exams
Tips for managing the application process Review and strategies for the written test Insights and guidance from veteran officers on the selection process, careers, life as a cop, and more New Feature: Diagnostic test New Feature: Updated ...
John E. Douglas, 2008
9
Policing and Decolonisation: Politics, Nationalism, and the ...
This book examines the changing roles and experiences of the police forces involved.
David Anderson, David Killingray, 1992
10
The New Police Science: The Police Power in Domestic and ...
"This innovative collection of essays rescues the concept of police from its limited application with criminology and police studies, and insists on its importance to the social analysis of law, regulation, and government.
Markus Dirk Dubber, Mariana Valverde, 2006

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE POLICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the police is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The police video that shocked America
A video of a black teenage girl being dragged to the ground by a white police officer is being widely shared online, and has become the latest talking point in the ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
2
Unorthodox police procedures emerge in grand jury documents
When Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson left the scene of the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the officer returned to the police ... «Washington Post, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. The police [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/the-police>. May 2024 ».
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