police
(figuratively, usually, ironic, _, &, _, mildly, _, pejorative) People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
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Oh and a third in the back without the police writing, this is ai
IPOA raises alarm over police accountability, roots for tech adoption ahead of 2027 - the-star.co.ke/news/2026-05... @thestarkenya.bsky.social
Awful having the best performing staffed and paid NHS! Dreadful having 40% less crime and 21% more police than rUK Don’t start on the lowest child poverty that is reducing whilst increasing rUK! Highest educational…
The plan continues Terrorize poll workers so that no one but installed federal oversight election poll police are the only ones who are allowed to count votes 🤷♀️
Bristol sex offender showed ‘a dangerous sexual preoccupation with children’ https://www.europesays.com/britain/29224/ He groomed and engaged in sexual activity with teenage boy (Image: Wiltshire Police) A sex offen…
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(figuratively, usually, ironic, _, &, _, mildly, _, pejorative) People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
“Awful having the best performing staffed and paid NHS! Dreadful having 40% less crime and 21% more police than rUK Don’t start on the lowest child poverty that is reducing whilst increasing rUK! Highest educational outcomes, most teachers, free tuition! Disgraceful! #VoteSNP”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Police Activity on I-5 SB exit to SR 502 beginning at 11:53 pm on May 4, 2026 until further notice. Please use caution View on map”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Police have released bodycam vision of the arrest of a man following a fatal crash at Woodford, north of Brisbane. #national”
— Bluesky· May 2026“all police are ignorant therefore bastards but some police are to your face kind ignorant bastards if you're lucky but that doesn't change that they're all ignorant bastards”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🚨 #BREAKING : INDIA'S RELIANCE HANDS OVER DOCUMENTS SOUGHT BY FEDERAL POLICE IN BRIBERY PROBE, EXEC GETS BAIL-COURT ORDER, AS PER REUTERS X”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(police) 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.
1943, Charles Reith, British Police and the Democratic Ideal, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.48625/page/n11/mode/2up pp. 3–4]:
“The plan continues Terrorize poll workers so that no one but installed federal oversight election poll police are the only ones who are allowed to count votes 🤷♀️”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Bristol sex offender showed ‘a dangerous sexual preoccupation with children’ https://www.europesays.com/britain/29224/ He groomed and engaged in sexual activity with teenage boy (Image: Wiltshire Police) A sex offender has been…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Detroit Police Department is seeking information as to who used gasoline in an attempt to set a fire at Huntington Place.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I cannot emphasize enough how much I do not want my phone to police the volume at which I play music. Why does surveillance tech need to be everywhere in everything?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The X-ray of a car passenger who had her feet on the dashboard during a crash was shared by police as a warning against the dangerous move”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(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.
: There are nine Principles of Police:...7 To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police; the police being only memb…
“Oh and a third in the back without the police writing, this is ai”
— Bluesky· May 2026“IPOA raises alarm over police accountability, roots for tech adoption ahead of 2027 - the-star.co.ke/news/2026-05... @thestarkenya.bsky.social”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What’s it like being police officer in Australia? Considering joint the vic pol - what are pros and cons?”
— r/AskAnAustralian· Apr 2026“like to file a police report."”
“It's really crazy. She files a police”
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