police force
Americannoun
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police forces
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of police force
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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A statement from the police force said: "In June 2025, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals, with the judges saying they had no doubt about the safety of any of the five convictions."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The mayor, whose police force is charged with protecting Benjamin Netanyahu during his U.N. visit, said he would skip protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"Where we have individual offences, often another police force won't know that another force is suffering the same offenders, so that collaborative response is much more effective," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Jagannathan’s character belongs to an ancient, shape-shifting race created by the Guardians of the Universe as the galaxy’s first police force, but they’ve since gone rogue and are now out to eliminate the human race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Brian had joined the police force as soon as he turned twenty.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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