noun
the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms: ↑local department, ↑department of local government
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noun1. : a governmental department concerned with the administration of the police force
an increased budget for the police department
2. : police force
call out the entire police department
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police department UK US noun [countable] [singular police department plural police departments] american
the police organization responsible for a particular city
Thesaurus: groups of police and departments of the police forcehyponym
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(in the US) the police organization of a particular city
Useful english dictionary. 2012.