policial

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adjective

Relating to the police.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English police ← Middle French police →
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Meanings

adjectivepolicial (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableRelating to the police.

    [W]here the case is of importance—or, what amounts to the same thing in the policial eyes, when the reward is of magnitude, the qualities in question have never been known to fail.

    1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*ptólis
  3. Ancient Greekπόλις (pólis)
  4. Ancient Greekπολῑ́της (polī́tēs)
  5. Ancient Greekπολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā)
  6. Latinpolitia
  7. Middle Frenchpolice
  8. Englishpolice
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Englishpolicial

From police + -ial.

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APA

policial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policial

MLA

“policial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “policial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policial.

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