police in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.police [Brit pəˈliːs, Am pəˈlis] N

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

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police Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

police department Am, police service Brit
service m de police
we were told by the police that ...
la police nous a dit que ...
to give oneself up to the police
se rendre à la police
to give sb away to the police
dénoncer qn à la police
to turn oneself in to the police
se dénoncer à la police
to have a clean police record
avoir un casier judiciaire vierge
special arm of the French police force
GIGN
the police are going to investigate sth
la police va enquêter sur qc
to get nabbed by the police
se faire ramasser par la police
to explain to the court/the police
s'expliquer devant le tribunal/la police

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Crouton later became a more efficient police officer, even if he was sometimes a bit slow on deductions.
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Police later maintained that some protest organizers were complicit in providing cover for the vandals.
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Following the acquittal, an internal police disciplinary inquiry cleared the officers of any wrongdoing.
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The cable tie used to fasten his hands was only cut loose at the police station, where he also learnt the owner of the house he was guarding had died.
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The first cockfight that he and his wife viewed was broken up by the police.
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The police commandeered another tram, and it was boarded by about 40 officers.
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The crowd became violent when the police began to brandish sticks.
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He called himself a victim of a police frame-up.
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Soon after the local and state police arrived and fired eight rounds of tear gas into the prison yard.
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This led to a situation where a xenophobic mob outnumbered the police by day three.
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