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laws

/lɔːz/

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cot caught merger/lɑz/

laws noun: the police. Also the plural of law.

Noun (1)

laws

  1. (US, slang, uncommon, street slang) The police.
  2. (dated, possibly) A minced oath for Lord.
    • Laws, bless us, who'd have thought it!1841, John Frail, The Lost Letter, Or, The Confessions of Conscience: A Dramatic Sketch, page 27
    • Laws bless my soul, my dear little lamb! what's the matter?1896, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe: With Biographical Introductions, Portraits, and Other Illustrations, page 81

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Laws

Laws (countable and uncountable, plural Lawses)

  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence.
  3. An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, United States, named after railroad official R. J. Laws.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Laws

Laws

  1. (plural) plural of Law

Noun (2) capitalized: LAWS

LAWS (plural LAWS or LAWSs or LAWSes)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of lethal autonomous weapons system.

Noun (3) capitalized: LAWs

LAWs

  1. (plural) plural of LAW

Also used as

laws is also the plural of law.

laws is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of law.

laws meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

laws in Tamil

சட்டங்கள்

laws in Marathi

कायदे

laws in Urdu

قوانین

laws in Bengali

আইন-কানুন
More languagesFewer languages
laws in Telugu
చట్టాలు
laws in Kannada
ಕಾನೂನುಗಳು
laws in Punjabi
ਕਾਨੂੰਨਾਂ, ਕਾਨੂੰਨਾਂ ਦੀ
laws in Gujarati
કાયદાઓ
laws in Nepali
कानुनहरू, कानूनहरू

Forms of laws

Proper noun
pluralLawses
Noun
pluralLAWS
pluralLAWSs
pluralLAWSes

Phrases with laws

85 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with laws

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about laws

What does laws mean?
Laws means the police.
What is laws in Tamil?
Laws in Tamil is சட்டங்கள். See Laws meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is laws?
Laws can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce laws?
Laws is pronounced /lɔːz/.
What is the plural of laws?
The plural of laws is LAWS.

Words near laws in the dictionary

  1. lawrightman
  2. lawrightmen
  3. Lawro
  4. Lawry
  5. Lawrys
  6. laws
  7. laws a mercy
  8. laws merchant
  9. Laws number
  10. Laws numbers
  11. laws of attraction

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: laws (page history and authors); Laws (page history and authors); LAWS (page history and authors); LAWs (page history and authors); laws (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); laws (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); laws (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); laws (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); laws (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); laws (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); laws (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); laws (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); laws (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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