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 police force is being given an extra £2m after a spate of crimes followed the death of two police officers and five men in a head-on crash, the home secretary has announced.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Bill Scott, chief of Metro’s in-house police force, said security perimeters have not yet been set for SoFi and other 2028 venues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
"You can fix your car, but you won't get your life back," says one police force in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Not if you’re a newbie trying to join an intergalactic police force devoted to stopping interplanetary outrages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
I could feel the colour rising to my cheeks; if this man didn’t know 1 was lying then, he didn’t deserve to be on the police force.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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