military police

plural noun

1. soldiers who perform police duties within the army. MP

military police

noun

1. a corps within an army that performs police and disciplinary duties

Other Word Forms

• military policeman noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of military police¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

The three victims who died were members of the Carabinieri military police.

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At the same time, once you know the basic premise of the show — it’s an elite military police procedural — it’s not hard to figure out where you are, wherever you drop in.

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South Carolina will send 200 troops, and Ohio will send 150 military police from their National Guard, their governors said.

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An investigation is being carried out by UK military police from the Defence Serious Crime Unit which looks into crimes allegedly committed by British service personnel in the UK and overseas.

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"We understood how to write up serious incident reviews so they wouldn't trigger a referral to the military police," one of the veterans said.

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Related Words

• gendarmerie