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 I. transitive  verb (policed; policing) 
 Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle French policier, from police conduct of public affairs; in other senses, from 2police
 Date: 1589
  govern  , to control, regulate, or keep in order by use of police, to make clean and put in order, 
 
 4. to supervise the operation, execution, or administration of to prevent or detect and prosecute violations of rules and regulations, to exercise such supervision over the policies and activities of, to perform the functions of a police force in or over, 
 
 II.  noun (plural police) 
 Usage: often attributive 
 Etymology: French, from Old French, from Late Latin politia government, administration, from Greek politeia, from politēs citizen, from polis city, state; akin to Sanskrit pur rampart, Lithuanian pilis castle
 Date: 1716
 
 
 1. the internal organization or regulation of a political unit through exercise of governmental powers especially with respect to general comfort, health, morals, safety, or prosperity, control and regulation of affairs affecting the general order and welfare of any unit or area, the system of laws for effecting such control, 
 
 2. the department of government concerned primarily with maintenance of public order, safety, and health and enforcement of laws and possessing executive, judicial, and legislative powers, the department of government charged with prevention, detection, and prosecution of public nuisances and crimes, 
 
 3.  police force  , police officers, 
 
 4. a private organization resembling a police force , the members of a private police organization, 
 
 5. the action or process of cleaning and putting in order, military personnel detailed to perform this function, one attempting to regulate or censor a specified field or activity

 police action 
  noun 
 Date: 1933
 a localized military action undertaken without formal declaration of war by regular armed forces against persons (as guerrillas or aggressors) held to be violators of international peace and order

 police court 
  noun 
 Date: 1823
 a court of record that has jurisdiction over various minor offenses (as breach of the peace) and the power to bind over for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury persons accused of more serious offenses

 police dog 
  noun 
 Date: 1908
 a dog trained to assist police (as in drug detection),  German shepherd  

 police force 
  noun 
 Date: 1838
 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

 police officer 
  noun 
 Date: 1797
 a member of a police force

 police power 
  noun 
 Date: 1827
 the inherent power of a government to exercise reasonable control over persons and property within its jurisdiction in the interest of the general security, health, safety, morals, and welfare except where legally prohibited

 police procedural 
  noun (plural polices)
 Date: 1967
 a mystery story written from the point of view of the police investigating the crime

 police reporter 
  noun 
 Date: 1834
 a reporter regularly assigned to cover police news (as crimes and arrests)

 police state 
  noun 
 Date: 1865
 a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an arbitrary exercise of power by police and especially secret police in place of regular operation of administrative and judicial organs of the government according to publicly known legal procedures

 police station 
  noun 
 Date: 1846
 the headquarters of the police for a locality