police force
noun
: a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement of laws, and prevention and detection of crime
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Examples of police force in a Sentence
He joined the local police force.
mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal
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Danny Ocean is appealing to the relatives of members of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela and police forces to try to reason with them and prevent further bloodshed.
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Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 31 July 2024
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—News Desk, Artforum, 23 July 2024
The outage, affecting major businesses, police forces, public transport and banks, was caused by an information technology glitch due to an issue with the Microsoft cloud.
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Benjamin, a high school’s dean of discipline, sees his 16-year-old daughter viciously attacked by police forces.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 17 July 2024
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Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 31 July 2024
The items, which were being smuggled into Spain as part of a money-laundering operation, were retrieved by Spanish and Ukrainian police forces working in tandem.
—News Desk, Artforum, 23 July 2024
The outage, affecting major businesses, police forces, public transport and banks, was caused by an information technology glitch due to an issue with the Microsoft cloud.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 July 2024
Benjamin, a high school’s dean of discipline, sees his 16-year-old daughter viciously attacked by police forces.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 17 July 2024
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“Police force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20force. Accessed 23 Aug. 2024.
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