单词 | military police |
释义 | > as lemmasmilitary police military police n. (a) a police force organized or acting in a military way; (b) a corps responsible for police and disciplinary duties in the armed forces. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > military police military police1821 MP1889 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > military police military police1821 1821 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 363 To lay aside gradually the military police, to establish the liberty of the press, to accustom the people to govern and to be governed by each other..will demand a long and severe trial. 1826 W. Badenach (title) Inquiry into the state of the Indian Army, with suggestions for its improvement, and the establishment of a military police for India. 1865 N.Y. Herald 8 Jan. The first steps taken by the conquerors were to preserve order, relieve the inhabitants from a very odious and oppressive military police, to assure them of their restored liberty. 1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity i. ii. 66 The military police arrived in quest of him. 1994 Boston Globe 16 Oct. 20 The US Military Police became the de facto law as the Haitian military and police, demoralized and defanged, gave up their campaign of terror. < as lemmas |
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