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police action
noun as in intervention by law enforcement
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This month a judge intervened and granted a 30-day temporary stay on police action against Abbott.
Even critics of the protests are asking serious questions about the police action.
Each of them showed rioting crowds and defensive police action; the commentaries cried their confusion.
As Al left, President Wong saw the order for the police action on his desk.
His hand strayed over to the order he had signed that morning for a police action, then drifted aimlessly away.
Then he noticed that he had put the police action order back into his outgoing basket.
I didn't mean that contact, so much as I meant taking some police action.
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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to police action, such as: intervention, military action, and armed intervention.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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