Usually means: Enforces law, maintains public order.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. police department: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. police department: Merriam-Webster
  3. police department: Collins English Dictionary
  4. police department: Vocabulary.com
  5. police department: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. police department: Wiktionary
  7. police department: Dictionary.com
  8. Police Department, Police department: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. police department: Rhymezone
  10. police department: FreeDictionary.org
  11. police department: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. police department: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. police department: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. police department: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (police department)

▸ noun:  (law enforcement) Police force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.

Similar:
police service, police, police force, state police, police officer, force, constabulary, patrol, police chief, police protection, more...

Phrases:
New York City Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department resources, Baltimore Police Department, Organization of the New York City Police Department, more...

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Similar:
police service, police, police force, state police, police officer, force, constabulary, patrol, police chief, police protection, more...

Phrases:
New York City Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department resources, Baltimore Police Department, Organization of the New York City Police Department, more...



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