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police แปลว่า

ตำรวจ dtam-rùuat

/pəˈliːs/

police in Thai: ตำรวจ (dtam-rùuat), โปลิศ (bpoo-lít). 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.

Thai words for police

local or general law enforcement agency
ตำรวจ dtam-rùuat, โปลิศ bpoo-lít

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 Thai

What is the meaning of police in Thai?
Police in Thai is ตำรวจ (dtam-rùuat), โปลิศ (bpoo-lít).
police แปลว่าอะไร
Police: ตำรวจ (dtam-rùuat), โปลิศ (bpoo-lít).
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 Thai words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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