Definitions
1.NounA constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"Call the police!; Police! help! Police! help!; The Cook County Sheriff's Department has jurisdiction across most of Chicago but focuses on the unincorporated area and tasks like prisoner transport, leaving the rest to the Chicago Police Department.; Scotland Yard is, technically speaking, only the metropolitan police for Greater London but because of their importance they have special jurisdiction for some crimes across the United Kingdom."
2.NounA department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement."The Cook County Sheriff's Department has jurisdiction across most of Chicago but focuses on the unincorporated area and tasks like prisoner transport, leaving the rest to the Chicago Police Department."
3.NounA branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory."Scotland Yard is, technically speaking, only the metropolitan police for Greater London but because of their importance they have special jurisdiction for some crimes across the United Kingdom."
4.NounAny of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.
5.NounThe staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; an individual police officer.
6.NounPeople who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police."Who called the fashion police?"
7.NounCleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
8.NounSynonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society.
9.NounAlternative form of policy.
10.NounAlternative form of polity, civilization, a regulated community.
11.VerbTo enforce the law and keep order among (a group)."Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game."
12.VerbTo clean up an area.
13.VerbTo enforce norms or standards upon."to police a person's identity"