police is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun

    A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly (from 18th c.)
    • Call the police!
    (usually plural only) The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional chiefly US Caribbean Jamaica Scotland countable) an individual police officer. (from 19th c.)
    (figuratively usually ironic & mildly pejorative) People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
    • Who called the fashion police?

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
police polices policing policed policed
    (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
    • Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.
    (ambitransitive military slang) To clean up an area.
    (transitive figurative) To enforce norms or standards upon.
    • to police a person's identity

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police is a Scrabble valid word

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police is an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

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