police village

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noun Canadian (chiefly Ontario).

a village lacking corporate status as a municipality, its affairs being administered by an elected board of trustees.

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Origin of police village

First recorded in 1850–55

Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yves Albarello, MP of Seine-et-Marne, said the gunmen told police they were ready to “die as martyrs.”
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Smith attended both funerals as a cop and as the husband of Police Officer Moira Smith, who died on 9/11.
The Muslim Cop Killed by Terrorists|Michael Daly|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

“The Wizard of Watts is not just about police brutality,” he says.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The village was held by about 400 armed natives, who had killed one native and two European soldiers on the way.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The village organist had distinguished himself by his florid rendering of the Wedding March.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The bells were clashing merrily from the village spire as the party passed out of the church porch.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
And now everybody turned out with a feeling of intense relief to witness the rejoicings on the village green.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills