- police
- nounADJECTIVE▪ armed, mounted▪ plain-clothes, uniformed▪ undercover▪ riot, traffic▪ military, paramilitary, secret, security▪ airport, border, campus (esp. AmE), city (esp. AmE), county, federal, local, national, state▪ fashion, thought (both figurative)▪
Following this rule will keep the fashion police off your tail.
VERB + POLICE▪ call, contact▪ alert, inform, notify, tell▪ involve▪I'd really rather not involve the police.
▪ elude, evadePOLICE + VERB▪ arrest sb, detain sb▪ catch sb▪ charge sb▪The police charged him with impaired driving.
▪ patrol sth▪ raid sth▪The police raided his shop.
▪ arrive, respond▪The police arrived to break up the battle.
▪ interview sb, question sb▪ investigate sth▪ harass sb▪ appeal for sth (esp. BrE)▪Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
POLICE + NOUN▪ captain, chief, commissioner (esp. AmE), constable (BrE), detective, inspector, lieutenant, officer▪ spokesman▪ investigator, official▪ department, headquarters, station▪ academy (esp. AmE)▪ cell (BrE)▪He spent the night in a police cell after his arrest.
▪ report▪Police reports state that at around 6.30 p.m. Poole and a relative had an argument in his backyard.
▪Contact your local police department to file a police report. (AmE)
▪ blotter (AmE)▪His name has never shown up on the police blotter (= written record of arrests).
▪ record▪I had a police record.
▪ car, cruiser (esp. AmE), helicopter, van (BrE), vehicle▪an unmarked police car
▪ siren▪ driver (BrE), marksman▪ dog, horse▪ uniform▪ authorities, force, service▪ unit▪ enquiries (BrE), investigation▪ interrogation, surveillance▪ escort▪The visiting fans returned to the station under police escort.
▪ patrol▪A routine police patrol spotted signs of a break-in at the offices.
▪ raid▪Nine arrests were made in a series of police raids across the city.
▪ presence▪There was a huge police presence at the demonstration.
▪ protection▪All prosecution witnesses were given police protection.
▪ barricades, cordon, lines▪Some protesters managed to break through the police cordon.
▪ checkpoint, roadblock▪ chase▪ shooting▪ informant, informer▪ abuse, brutality, corruption, harassment, misconduct, violence▪ state▪The country looks more and more like a police state.
PHRASES▪ helping the police with their enquiries (BrE)▪No arrest has been made, but a man is helping the police with their enquiries.
▪ in police custody▪He was held in police custody for a month
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
