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police in Malay

polis

/pəˈliːs/

police in Malay: polis, polisi, serdadu, mata-mata. In English, police means a 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.

Malay words for police

local or general law enforcement agency
polis, polisi, serdadu, mata-mata

English meaning of police

  1. noun A 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.
  2. noun A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
  3. noun A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory.
  4. noun Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.

Full definition of police

police in a sentence

  • Police! help! Police! help!
  • Who called the fashion police?
  • Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.

Synonyms of police

All synonyms of police

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Questions about police in Malay

What is the meaning of police in Malay?
Police in Malay is polis, polisi, serdadu, mata-mata.
Apakah maksud police dalam bahasa Melayu?
Police: polis, polisi, serdadu, mata-mata.
What does police mean in English?
Police means a 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.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: police (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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