Meanings
nounpolice force (plural police forces)
plural police forces
- governmentAny police organization; a constabulary.
He joined the police force a long time ago, when he lived in Virginia.
Synonyms: police department, police service, police
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny police organization; a constabulary.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe force of policemen and officers
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan cos de policia, forces policials
- cos de policiapolice organization, constabulary
- forces policialspolice organization, constabulary
- forces d'ordre públicpolice organization, constabulary
- forces de seguretatpolice organization, constabulary
Chinese Mandarin 警隊 /警队, 警察局
- 警隊 /警队 (jǐngduì)police organization, constabulary
- 警察局 (jǐngchájú)police organization, constabulary
Czech policejní sbor
- policejní sborpolice organization, constabulary
Dutch ordetroepen
- ordetroepenpolice organization, constabulary
Finnish poliisi, poliisivoimat
- poliisipolice organization, constabulary
- poliisivoimatpolice organization, constabulary
French forces de l'ordre
- forces de l'ordrepolice organization, constabulary
German Polizeitruppe, Polizeiapparat
- Polizeitruppepolice organization, constabulary
- Polizeiapparatpolice organization, constabulary
- Polizeikräftepolice organization, constabulary
Hungarian rendőrség, rendőri erők
- rendőrségpolice organization, constabulary
- rendőri erőkpolice organization, constabulary
Latin vigilia
- vigiliapolice organization, constabulary
Norwegian Bokmål politistyrke, polititropp
- politistyrkepolice organization, constabulary
- polititropppolice organization, constabulary
Polish policja
- policjapolice organization, constabulary
Portuguese corpo de polícia, forças de segurança
- corpo de políciapolice organization, constabulary
- forças de segurançapolice organization, constabulary
- forças da ordempolice organization, constabulary
- forças da ordem públicapolice organization, constabulary
- forças policiaispolice organization, constabulary
Spanish cuerpo de policía, fuerzas policiales
- cuerpo de policíapolice organization, constabulary
- fuerzas policialespolice organization, constabulary
- fuerzas del ordenpolice organization, constabulary
- fuerzas de orden públicopolice organization, constabulary
- fuerzas de seguridadpolice organization, constabulary
Tagalog kapulisan
- kapulisanpolice organization, constabulary
Turkish polis kuvvetleri
- polis kuvvetleripolice organization, constabulary
Welsh heddlu
- heddlupolice organization, constabulary
Cite this entry
APA
police force. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20force
MLA
“police force.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20force. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “police force,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20force.
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