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as in law
the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes the appearance of a ransom note meant that the teenager's disappearance was now a matter for the police

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as in constabulary
a body of officers of the law the National Guard will serve as backup for the metropolitan police in the event of violent protests

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Noun
Prior to the mayor’s indictment, federal authorities seized phones from a police commissioner, schools chancellor, multiple deputy mayors and the mayor’s director of Asian Affairs. Jake Offenhartz, TIME, 11 Feb. 2025 Area police departments were notified of the incident. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
The man who police allege was the driver of an SUV from which another person stepped with a rifle and opened fire upon a crowd outside La Gran Plaza shopping mall in Fort Worth, killing an observer whom the gunman did not intend to shoot, was on Wednesday charged with murder. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025 The president has long maintained that this order disadvantages the United States by saddling it with the burden of policing the globe and enabling its allies to play it for a sucker. Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for police 
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Noun
  • Steve Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown University, said presidents can appeal adverse rulings rather than imply they shouldn't be followed.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Likewise, Poland’s Law and Justice party weakened civil service laws by doing away with the competitive hiring process and filling the bureaucracy, the judiciary, and the military with partisan allies.
    STEVEN LEVITSKY, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The news went out last weekend that Cadillac had been accepted by the F1 constabulary as the sport’s eleventh team, slated to enter the competition in 2026.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • It was reportedly embraced by law enforcement and Clearview sold its services to hundreds of agencies, ranging from local constabularies to sprawling government agencies like the FBI and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
    Robert Hart, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Of more concern is the potential for a breach in cybersecurity, allowing hackers to control the aircraft remotely.
    Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2025
  • So the idea was to have an extra body in there (the centre of defence) to control that situation.
    Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Two of the principals of Land by Label, Mike Zimmerman and Jim Pekar, are from ROC Ventures, which owns and operates The Rock Sports Complex in Franklin.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Southwest Airlines is officially operating redeye flights.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Lawmakers again failed to act on the issue early this year, despite Gov. JB Pritzker’s call for a law to crack down on hemp sales, and an alternate bill to license and regulate hemp stores.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Monitoring the rodents' brains, the team found that a group of appetite and regulating nerve cells called the pro-opiomelanocortin (PMOC) neurons lit up as soon as the mice were given sugar, and enabled their appetite.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • One survey of 1,000 U.S. homeowners conducted by FinanceBuzz found 60 percent of respondents were putting off necessary home maintenance or repairs.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Craig Callaway, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of depriving, defrauding, and attempting to deprive and defraud the residents of the state of New Jersey of a fair and impartially conducted election process.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Trump White House is governing by blitz, and as any football fan can tell you, the point of the blitz is to keep you jumpy and looking over your shoulder.
    Gene Demby, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
  • In sports with no national governing body, that sport’s international federation policy would be in place.
    Eric Olson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Williams will report to Paul Higginson, Executive Vice President, EMEA for Universal Pictures International and will manage day-to-day operations in the territory, which is one of UPI’s biggest theatrical markets.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Last month, my colleague Mike Winters profiled a couple who successfully manage 15 credit cards in order to maximize their perks.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025

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