| Police (police) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Po*lice" |
| [F., fr. L.
politia the condition of a state, government, administration,
Gr. (?), fr. (?) to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr.
(?) citizen, fr. (?) city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf.
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A
judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or
district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health,
etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the
administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated
town, or borough.
That which concerns the order of the
community; the internal regulation of a state.
The organized body of civil officers in a
city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation
of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the
enforcement of the laws.
Military police, the body of
soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary
arrangements in a camp or garrison.
The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the
state (?) a camp as to cleanliness.
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| Police (police) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Po*lice" |
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To keep in order by
police.
To make clean] as, to
police a camp.
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