Meanings
nounpolice officer (plural police officers)
plural police officers · alternative PO
- A peace officer who is a member of a police force.
Synonyms: 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heeler
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA peace officer who is a member of a police force.
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Translations
Afrikaans polisiebeampte, polisieman
- polisiebeamptepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- polisiemanpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- polisievroupeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Arabic شُرْطِيّ, شُرَطِيّ
- شُرْطِيّ (šurṭiyy)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- شُرَطِيّ (šuraṭiyy)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- شُرْطَة (šurṭa)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- ضَابِطُ شُرْطَةٍ (ḍābiṭu šurṭatin)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- ضَابِطَةُ شُرْطَةٍ (ḍābiṭatu šurṭatin)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- ضَبْطِيَّة (ḍabṭiyya)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Bengali পুলিশ
- পুলিশ (puliś)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Bulgarian полица́й, полица́йка
- полица́й (policáj)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- полица́йка (policájka)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- полица́ин (policáin)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Catalan policia, agent
- policiapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agentpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agent de policiapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Chinese Cantonese 警察, 差佬
- 警察 (ging² caat³)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- 差佬 (caai¹ lou²)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Chinese Mandarin 警察, 警官
- 警察 (jǐngchá)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- 警官 (jǐngguān)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- 警員 /警员 (jǐngyuán)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Czech policista, policejní strážník
- policistapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- policejní strážníkpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- policejní strážnicepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Danish politibetjent, politimand
- politibetjentpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- politimandpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- politimandpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Dutch politieagent, agent
- politieagentpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agentpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- politiemanpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Esperanto policisto, policano
- policistopeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- policanopeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Estonian politseinik, ment
- politseinikpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- mentpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Finnish poliisi, konstaapeli
- poliisipeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- konstaapelipeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
French policier, gendarme
- policierpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- gendarmepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agent de policepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
German Polizist, Polizeibeamter
- Polizistpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- Polizeibeamterpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- Polizeimannpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- Polizeikraftpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Greek αστυνομικός, αστυνομικίνα
- αστυνομικός (astynomikós)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- αστυνομικίνα (astynomikína)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Hawaiian mākaʻi
- mākaʻipeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Hebrew שׁוֹטֵר
- שׁוֹטֵר (shotér)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Hindi पुलिसवाला, आरक्षी
- पुलिसवाला (pulisvālā)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- आरक्षी (ārakṣī)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- पुलिसमैन (pulismain)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Hungarian rendőr, rendőrnő
- rendőrpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- rendőrnőpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Icelandic lögreglumaður
- lögreglumaðurpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Indonesian polisi
- polisipeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Italian poliziotto, agente
- poliziottopeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agentepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- gendarmepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- carabinierepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- ufficiale di poliziapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Japanese 警察官, 警官
- 警察官 (keisatsukan)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- 警官 (keikan)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- お巡り (omawari)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- お巡りさん (omawarisan)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Korean 경찰관, 안전원
- 경찰관 (gyeongchalgwan)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- 안전원 (anjeonwon)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- 보안원 (boanwon)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Latin vigil, denuntiator
- vigilpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- denuntiatorpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Latvian policists
- policistspeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Lithuanian policininkas
- policininkaspeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Māori pirihimana
- pirihimanapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Norwegian Bokmål politibetjent, politimann
- politibetjentpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- politimannpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Polish policjant, policjantka
- policjantpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- policjantkapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Portuguese polícia, policial
- políciapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- policialpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agentepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agente da políciapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- guardapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Romanian polițist, polițistă
- polițistpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- polițistăpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Russian полице́йский, полисме́н
- полице́йский (policéjskij)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- полисме́н (polismén)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- офице́р поли́ции (oficér polícii)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- сотру́дник поли́ции (sotrúdnik polícii)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- милиционе́р (milicionér)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Scottish Gaelic poileas, poileasman
- poileaspeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- poileasmanpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- maor-sìthpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Slovak policajt, policajtka
- policajtpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- policajtkapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Spanish policía, agente
- policíapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agentepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- agente de policíapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- pitufopeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- shafopeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- oficial policialpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- oficial policíacopeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- oficial policiacopeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- gendarmepeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Swahili polisi, askari polisi
- polisipeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- askari polisipeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- afisa wa usalamapeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- afisa wa polisipeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Swedish polis, polisman
- polispeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- polismanpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- konstapelpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Tagalog pulis
- pulispeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Tamil போலீஸ்காரன், போலீஸ்காரி
- போலீஸ்காரன் (pōlīskāraṉ)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- போலீஸ்காரி (pōlīskāri)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- போலீஸ்காரர் (pōlīskārar)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Thai ตำรวจ
- ตำรวจ (dtam-rùuat)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Turkish polis, polis memuru
- polispeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- polis memurupeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Ukrainian поліція́нт, поліце́йський
- поліція́нт (policijánt)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- поліце́йський (policéjsʹkyj)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- міліціоне́р (milicionér)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- поліца́й (policáj)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- офіце́р полі́ції (oficér políciji)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- співробі́тник полі́ції (spivrobítnyk políciji)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Urdu پُولِیس والا
- پُولِیس والا (pūlīs vālā)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Vietnamese cảnh sát
- cảnh sátpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Welsh heddwas, plismon
- heddwaspeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- plismonpeace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
Yiddish פּאָליציסט, פּאָליציאַנט
- פּאָליציסט (politsist)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- פּאָליציאַנט (politsyant)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
- סטראַפּטשע (straptshe)peace officer who is a member of a police force — see also cop
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APA
police officer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20officer
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“police officer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20officer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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