police cordon in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for police cordon in the English»French Dictionary

police cordon N

police cordon

cordon m de police

Translations for police cordon in the English»French Dictionary

the police threw a cordon around the house fig

la police a encerclé la maison

Translations for police cordon in the English»French Dictionary

I.cordon [Brit ˈkɔːd(ə)n, Am ˈkɔrdn] N (all contexts)

cordon

cordon m

II.cordon [Brit ˈkɔːd(ə)n, Am ˈkɔrdn] VB trans

cordon → cordon off

See also cordon off

I.cordon off VB [Brit ˈkɔːd(ə)n -, Am ˈkɔrdn -] (cordon off [sth], cordon [sth] off)

cordon off street, area

boucler

cordon off crowd

contenir

I.police [Brit pəˈliːs, Am pəˈlis] N

1. police + vb pl (official body):

the police (gen)

la police

the police (in France outside cities)

la gendarmerie

to be in the police

être dans la police

to assist the police with their enquiries euph

être interrogé par la police

to assist the police with their enquiries attr action, involvement, intervention, protection

de la police

to assist the police with their enquiries raid, car, operation, vehicle

de police

to assist the police with their enquiries presence, escort

policier/-ière

2. police U:

police (men and women)

policiers mpl

police (in France, outside cities)

gendarmes mpl

II.police [Brit pəˈliːs, Am pəˈlis] VB trans

1. police (keep order):

police area

maintenir l'ordre dans

2. police (patrol):

police area, frontier:

surveiller

3. police (staff with police):

to police a demonstration/a match

organiser le service d'ordre pour une manifestation/un match

4. police (monitor):

police measures, regulations

contrôler l'application de

police cordon in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for police cordon in the English»French Dictionary

cordon [ˈkɔ:dn, Am ˈkɔ:r-] N

cordon

cordon m

I.police [pəˈli:s] N pl

the police in town

la police

the police outside towns

la gendarmerie

police department Am, police service Brit

service m de police

police inspector/commissioner

inspecteur/préfet de police m

police intervention

intervention f de police

II.police [pəˈli:s] VB trans

1. police (officially control and guard):

police

maintenir l'ordre dans

2. police (control and regulate):

police

contrôler

to police oneself

se faire la police

3. police MIL:

police

contrôler

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There was no longer a police cordon, but everyone was given a body search by police before entering the area.

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However, the marauding union members breached the small police cordon.

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