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Police
die Polizei

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I. po·lice [pəˈli:s] N + pl vb

1. police (force):

the police
die Polizei kein pl
the police are investigating ...
die Polizei untersucht ...
he works for the police
er ist bei der Polizei
to call the police
die Polizei rufen

2. police (police officers):

police
Polizisten(Polizistinnen) mpl (f)
to put more police on the beat
das Polizeiaufgebot verstärken

II. po·lice [pəˈli:s] VB trans

1. police (guard):

to police sth
etw überwachen

2. police (regulate):

to police sb/sth/oneself
jdn/etw/sich selbst kontrollieren

3. police Am MIL:

to police sth an event
irgendwo Wache halten

III. po·lice [pəˈli:s] N modifier

police (helmet, patrol, uniform):

police
Polizei-
to be in police custody
in Polizeigewahrsam sein
police investigation
polizeiliche Untersuchung
to ask for police protection
Polizeischutz anfordern

po·ˈlice de·part·ment N

police department
Polizeidienststelle f <-, -n>
police department
Polizeidepartement nt CH
police department
Polizeikommissariat nt A

po·lice ˈes·cort N

police escort
Polizeieskorte f
under police escort
unter Polizeischutz

po·lice inter·ˈven·tion N no pl

police intervention
Polizeieinsatz m <-es, -einsätze>

se·cret po·ˈlice N + pl vb

secret police
Geheimpolizei f <-, -en>

po·ˈlice car N

police car
Polizeiauto nt

po·lice ˈpre·cinct N

police precinct
Polizeibezirk m <-(e)s, -e>
police precinct
[Polizei]revier nt

po·ˈlice re·port·er N

police reporter
Polizeireporter(in) m (f)

po·ˈlice of·fic·er N

police officer
Polizeibeamte(r)(-beamtin) m (f) <-, -nen>

ˈthought po·lice N + pl vb

thought police
Gesinnungshüter pl

Klett Geography Glossary

police station N

police station
Polizeirevier
Present
Ipolice
youpolice
he/she/itpolices
wepolice
youpolice
theypolice
Past
Ipoliced
youpoliced
he/she/itpoliced
wepoliced
youpoliced
theypoliced
Present Perfect
Ihavepoliced
youhavepoliced
he/she/ithaspoliced
wehavepoliced
youhavepoliced
theyhavepoliced
Past Perfect
Ihadpoliced
youhadpoliced
he/she/ithadpoliced
wehadpoliced
youhadpoliced
theyhadpoliced
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

they received a visit from the police
die Polizei stattete ihnen einen Besuch ab
he was led away by the police
er wurde von der Polizei abgeführt
to notify a theft to the police
der Polizei einen Diebstahl melden
the police could not detect anything else
die Polizei konnte nichts mehr herausfinden
the police pulled me over last night
letzte Nacht hat mich die Polizei rausgewunken

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Soon after the local and state police arrived and fired eight rounds of tear gas into the prison yard.
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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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Following the acquittal, an internal police disciplinary inquiry cleared the officers of any wrongdoing.
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Police later maintained that some protest organizers were complicit in providing cover for the vandals.
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The crowd became violent when the police began to brandish sticks.
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