police burgh

A burgh constituted by the sheriff for purposes of improvement and police

royal burgh

A corporate body deriving its existence, constitution and rights from a royal charter, actual or presumed to have existed

police /pə-lēsˈ/

1. A body of men and women employed to maintain order, etc
2. Its members collectively
3. The system of regulations for the preservation of order and enforcement of law (archaic)
4. The internal government of a state (archaic)

Of the police

1. To control as police
2. To provide with police
3. To guard or to put or keep in order

police burgh see under burgh

police constable noun

A policeman or policewoman of ordinary rank

policeˈ-court noun

A former name for a borough court

police dog noun

A dog trained to help the police

police force noun

1. A country's full complement of police
2. The body of police responsible for any individual area

police inspector noun

A superior officer of police who has charge of a department, next in rank to a superintendent

policeˈ-judge or policeˈ-magˈistrate noun

A judge or magistrate who formerly presided in a police-court

policeˈman noun

A man who is a member of a police force

policeˈ-manureˈ noun (Scot)

Street sweepings used as manure

Police Motu noun

A former name for the Motu language

police office or police station noun

The headquarters of the police of a district, used also as a temporary place of confinement

police officer noun

A member of a police force, esp a constable

police procedural noun

A crime novel, film, etc which focuses on the procedures used by the police in their investigations into a crime

police state noun

A country in which secret police are employed to detect and stamp out any opposition to the government in power

police trap noun

1. A strategic means whereby the police keep motor traffic under scrutiny and detect offenders against the law
2. A concealed and concerted timing arrangement to enforce a speed limit

policeˈwoman noun

A woman who is a member of a police force