Synonyms of the word

police

• n. A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order.
• n. (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Scotland) A police officer.
• n. (obsolete) Policy.
• n. (obsolete) Communal living; civilization.
• n. (now rare, historical) The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc.
• v. (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
• v. (transitive) To patrol or clean up an area.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To enforce norms or standards upon.

constabulary

• adj. Of, or relating to constables.
• adj. Characteristic to police; police-like, rather than military.
• n. A police force.
• n. The police in a particular district or area.

force

• n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
• n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
• n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
• n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
• n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
• n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
• n. (law) Legal validity.
• n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
• n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
• n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
• v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
• v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
• v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
• v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
• v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
• v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
• v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
• v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
• v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
• n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
• v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

guard

• n. A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
• n. (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
• n. The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
• n. A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
• n. (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
• n. (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.
• n. (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket;…
• n. (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles,…
• n. (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
• n. (rail transport) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the…
• n. (computing, programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution…
• v. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
• v. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
• v. To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
• v. To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces,…
• v. To fasten by binding; to gird.

law

• n. (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by the legislative body, or to be applied by courts…
• n. A particular such rule.
• n. (more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and their consequences. Laws are…
• n. (sciences, strictly) A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word…
• n. (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
• n. A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms…
• n. (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
• n. (slang, uncountable) The police.
• n. (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.
• n. An oath, as in the presence of a court. See wager of law.
• n. (obsolete) a tumulus of stones.
• n. (Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill.
• interj. (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

patrol

• n. (military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually…
• n. (military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and…
• n. (military) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
• n. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding.
• n. (Scouting) A unit of a troop, typically composed of around eight boys.
• v. (intransitive) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
• v. (transitive) To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman.

personnel

• n. employees; office staff.