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con·stab·u·lar·y
(kən-stăb′yə-lĕr′ē)n. pl. con·stab·u·lar·ies
1. The body of constables of a district or city.
2. The district under the jurisdiction of a constable.
3. An armed police force organized like a military unit.
adj.
Of or relating to constables, constabularies, or their jurisdictions.
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constabulary
(kənˈstæbjʊlərɪ)n, pl -laries
(Law) the police force of a town or district
adj
(Law) of or relating to constables, constabularies, or their duties
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con•stab•u•lar•y1
(kənˈstæb yəˌlɛr i)n., pl. -lar•ies.
1. the body of constables of a district.
2. a body of officers of the peace organized on a military basis.
[1350–1400; Middle English constablerie < Old French < Medieval Latin constabulāria, feminine of constabulārius constabulary2]
con•stab•u•lar•y2
(kənˈstæb yəˌlɛr i)also con•stab•u•lar
(-yə lər)adj.
pertaining to constables or their duties.
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Constabulary
constables or the police force collectively, 1824.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | constabulary - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" European Law Enforcement Organisation, Europol - police organization for the European Union; aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces gendarmerie, gendarmery - French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively Mutawa, Mutawa'een - religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded New Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard - the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London secret police - a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) Schutzstaffel, SS - special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws posse, posse comitatus - a temporary police force |
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Translations
رِجال شُرْطَه
policejní sborpolicie
politikorpspolitistyrke
lögregluliî
polis gücü
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constabulary
n (Brit) → Polizei f no pl
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constable
(ˈkanstəbl) , ((American) ˈka:n-) noun a policeman, especially one not of high rank.
conˈstabulary (-ˈstӕbju-) noun – plural conˈstabularies – a police force.
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