Police

//pəˈliːs//

Synonyms for "police" (165 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (33)

Strong matches (50)

Related words (82)

Verb(1 words)
patrol

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More general

4 entries

More specific

13 entries

Synonyms

10 entries

Related terms

18 entries

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at location

4 entries

capable of

39 entries

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causes desire

1 entries

dbpedia genre

2 entries

derived

123 entries

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desires

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

7 entries

meronym

7 entries

part of

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

15 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

210 translations across 135 languages.

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Abkhaz

2 entries
  • амилициа noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • аполициа noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • polisie noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Albanian

2 entries
  • polici noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • policia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ፖሊስ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بوليس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • بوليس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • بوليس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • بوليس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ոստիկանություն noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Aromanian

4 entries
  • astinumia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • astinumie noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • astinumii noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • pulitsia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Assamese

3 entries
  • আৰক্ষী noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • নিৰাপত্তাৰক্ষী noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • পুলিচ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • polis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • zabitiyyə noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Basque

1 entries
  • polizia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • мілі́цыя noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • палі́цыя noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Bengali

3 entries
  • আরক্ষী noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • নিরাপত্তারক্ষী noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • পুলিশ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Breton

1 entries
  • polis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • поли́ция noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ပုလိပ် noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • ရဲ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • полі́ція noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Catalan

1 entries
  • policia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • pulis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پۆلیس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries
  • بوليس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Chechen

1 entries
  • милцо noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Chinese

4 entries
  • милис noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • яйи noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • җинца noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 公安 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • 警方 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kreslu noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • polis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Czech

1 entries
  • policie noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Danish

1 entries
  • politi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Dari

1 entries
  • پولِیس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Dutch

1 entries
  • politie noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • polico noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Estonian

1 entries
  • politsei noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Ewe

1 entries
  • kpovitɔ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Faroese

1 entries
  • løgregla noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Finnish

1 entries
  • poliisi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

French

1 entries
  • police noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Galician

1 entries
  • policía noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პოლიცია noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

German

1 entries
  • Polizei noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Greek

1 entries
  • αστυνομία noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • politiit noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • પોલીસ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • lapolis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • mākaʻi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • משטרה \ מִשְׁטָרָה noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Hindi

2 entries
  • आरक्षी noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • पुलिस noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rendőrség noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • lögregla noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Ido

1 entries
  • polico noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • polisi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • پاسْبان noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • پُلیس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Irish

4 entries
  • Gardaí noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • gardaí noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • péas noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • póilíní noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Italian

2 entries
  • forza pubblica noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • polizia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Jin Chinese

1 entries
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • цагда noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಪೊಲೀಸ್ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • милиция noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • полиция noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Khmer

4 entries
  • កុងអាន noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • តម្រួត noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • នគរបាល noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • ប៉ូលិស noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Korean

1 entries
  • 경찰 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • милиция noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • полиция noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Laboya

1 entries
  • palihi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Ladino

1 entries
  • polis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຕຳຫຼວດ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • ໂປລິດ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Latin

4 entries
  • biocolyta noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • custos noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • denuntiator noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • denuntiatores noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Latvian

1 entries
  • policija noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • pliesj noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • policija noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • policija noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Polizei noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • мили́ција noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • поли́ција noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Malay

4 entries
  • mata-mata noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • polis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • polisi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • serdadu noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പോലീസ് noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Maltese

1 entries
  • pulizija noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Manx

1 entries
  • poleenyn noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Marathi

1 entries
  • पोलीस noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • цагдаа noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • ᠴᠠᠭᠳᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Māori

1 entries
  • pirihimana noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Navajo

1 entries
  • siláo noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Nepali

1 entries
  • प्रहरी noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Norman

1 entries
  • police noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • politii noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • polîs noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • boliisa noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • politi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • politi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Occitan

1 entries
  • polícia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Odia

1 entries
  • ପୁଲିସ୍ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Ossetian

2 entries
  • милицӕ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • полицӕ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • полиция noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Pashto

1 entries
  • پوليس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Polizei noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Polish

1 entries
  • policja noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • polícia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪੁਲਿਸ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Quechua

1 entries
  • chapaq noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Romanian

1 entries
  • poliție noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Romansch

1 entries
  • polizia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Russian

2 entries
  • мили́ция noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • поли́ция noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Scots

1 entries
  • polis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • poileas noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mìlīcija noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • polìcija noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • мѝлӣција noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • полѝција noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • පොලීසිය noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Slovak

1 entries
  • polícia noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Slovene

1 entries
  • policija noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Somali

1 entries
  • boolis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Spanish

2 entries
  • policía noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • tombería noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • pulisi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Swahili

1 entries
  • polisi noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Swedish

3 entries
  • aina noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • polis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • shorta noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pulis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • pulisya noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Tajik

4 entries
  • милитсия noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • полисия noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • политсия noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • пулис noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Tamil

2 entries
  • காவல் noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • போலீஸ் noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Telugu

2 entries
  • పోలీసు noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • రక్షక దళము noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Thai

2 entries
  • ตำรวจ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • โปลิศ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཉེན་རྟོག་པ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ፖሊስ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kınçal noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • polis noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • sakçı noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • polisiýa noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • мілі́ція noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • полі́ція noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • policija noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Urdu

4 entries
  • شُرْطَہ noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • پاسْبان noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • پُولِس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • پُولِیس noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ساقچى noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • militsiya noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • politsiya noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • công an noun (local or general law enforcement agency)
  • cảnh sát noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Volapük

1 entries
  • pold noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Welsh

1 entries
  • heddlu noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • polysje noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 警察 noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּאָליציי noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • gingjcaz noun (local or general law enforcement agency)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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The police will get you to find the bullets.

Source: tatoeba (1400)

Call the police!

Source: tatoeba (1718)

Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.

Source: tatoeba (2008)

The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."

Source: tatoeba (2072)

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