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1. the force of policemen and officers (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | force, personnel, |
| definition | : | group of people willing to obey orders (noun.group) |
| hypernym | : | law enforcement agency, |
| definition | : | an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | gendarmerie, gendarmery, |
| definition | : | French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | mutawa, mutawa'een, |
| definition | : | religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | secret police, |
| definition | : | a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | schutzstaffel, ss, |
| definition | : | special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | patrol, police, |
| definition | : | maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | patrol, police, |
| definition | : | maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol (verb.social) |
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