police work
police investigation | the investigation of criminal activities |
| police action | a local military action without declaration of war, against violators of international peace and order |
| carrier | (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele, the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring |
| carrier pigeon | a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
German shepherd
German shepherd dog
German police dog
alsatian | breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind |
| police dog | any dog trained to assist police especially in tracking |
aircraft carrier
carrier flattop
attack aircraft carrier | a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings |
armored personnel carrier
armoured personnel carrier
APC | (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry |
body bag
personnel pouch
human remains pouch | a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed |
| car carrier | a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies |
| carrier | a rack attached to a vehicle, for carrying luggage or skis or the like |
| carrier | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something, refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business |
cruiser police cruiser
patrol car
police car
prowl car
squad car | a car in which policemen cruise the streets, equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters |
fragmentation bomb
antipersonnel bomb
anti-personnel bomb
daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
| luggage carrier | carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage |
| personnel carrier | a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment |
| police boat | a boat used by harbor police |
police station
police headquarters
station house | a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district, serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought |
police van
police wagon
paddy wagon
patrol wagon
wagon black Maria | van used by police to transport prisoners |
sack
poke
paper bag
carrier bag | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases |
troop carrier
troop transport | any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops |
| weapons carrier | military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews |
blotter
day book
police blotter
rap sheet
charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
personnel casualty
loss | military personnel lost by death or capture |
carrier
common carrier | a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages |
police squad
squad | a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime |
personnel department
personnel office
personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
| police department | the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime |
force
personnel | group of people willing to obey orders, a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens |
police
police force
constabulary
law | the force of policemen and officers, the law came looking for him |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
Mounties | the federal police force of Canada |
military police
MP | a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners |
| secret police | a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition) |
| police academy | an academy for training police officers |
| police court | a court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused of serious offenses |
military personnel
soldiery
troops | soldiers collectively |
| line personnel | personnel having direct job performance responsibilities |
| management personnel | personnel having overall planning and direction responsibilities |
| police state | a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police) |
| police precinct | a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force |
ball carrier
runner | (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play |
captain police captain
police chief | a policeman in charge of a precinct |
carrier
immune carrier | (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others |
| carrier newsboy | a boy who delivers newspapers |
| carrier bearer toter | someone whose employment involves carrying something, the bonds were transmitted by carrier |
| constable police constable | a police officer of the lowest rank |
detective
investigator tec
police detective | a police officer who investigates crimes |
hod carrier
hodman | a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers |
kitchen police
KP | an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks |
lieutenant
police lieutenant | an officer in a police force |