police
Example Sentences
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Three flavors of investigators combine here: the citizen detective, the private detective and the police detective.
From Los Angeles Times
When police arrived Colville confirmed she was the driver and said Reece Williams was in the car along with her friends.
From BBC
The story certainly jolted the local police into life.
From BBC
Since Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley took on the UK's top policing job in September 2022, about 1,500 officers have been sacked in what has been dubbed as a clean-up of the force.
From BBC
Some of Gustav and Julia’s children become communist activists, leading shadowy lives on the run from the czarist police, while others are pillars of society, becoming lawyers or marrying doctors.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.