police checkpoint

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandcheckpoint

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police
noun[plural]
uk
/pəˈliːs/us
/pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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checkpoint
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃek.pɔɪnt/us
/ˈtʃek.pɔɪnt/
a place where people are stopped and asked questions and vehicles are examined, especially at a border between ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandcheckpointfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rusik began his crime-fighting career when he appeared at thepolicecheckpointin 2002.
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There is a rural health centre,policecheckpoint, fire-fighters, harbour master, municipality and civil registration.
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He had apparently found smuggled sturgeon in the same car some time before, according to personnel at thepolicecheckpoint.
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It was used as apolicecheckpointin the war.
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People working outside the ghetto tried to get food and bring into the ghetto, but it was extremely difficult to get it past thepolicecheckpointat the ghetto entrance.
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They will find that on certain days police checkpoints will stop them going about their lawful business.
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Police checkpoints and barricades were set up on all routes into the nationalist area.
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Periodic police checkpoints are set up which randomly stop drivers to check drivers licenses, registration, and insurance.
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Police checkpoints were staffed around the clock to enforce this restriction.
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However, many people returning to their homes were stopped at police checkpoints and turned back, or not permitted to take their vehicles into the immediate area.
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