Constabulary

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  • noun. The body of constables of a district or city.
  • noun. The district under the jurisdiction of a constable.
  • noun. An armed police force organized like a military unit.
  • adjective. Of or relating to constables, constabularies, or their jurisdictions.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to constables; consisting of constables; involving the functions of constables: as, a constabulary force.
  • noun. The body of constables of a district, as a town, city, or county; a body or class of officers performing the functions of constables: as, the constabulary of Ireland.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.
  • noun. The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, or relating to constables.
  • adjective. Characteristic to police; police-like (as opposed to military)
  • noun. A police force.
  • noun. The police in a particular district or area.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the force of policemen and officers
    • Word Usage
    "The constabulary is saddled not just with law enforcement but with community mediation, counselling, social disruption and family and marital breakdown."
    Hypernym
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    force  law enforcement agency  personnel  
    Rhyme
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    vocabulary  
    Same Context
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    brick-and-stone  eggbeater  ex-confederate  gauchos  gendarmerie  
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    Cheka  FBI  Gestapo  Interpol  MP  
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