police lieutenant

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandlieutenant

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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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lieutenant
noun[C]
uk
/lefˈten.ənt/us
/luːˈten.ənt/
(the title of) an officer of middle rank in the ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandlieutenantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The city was divided into three districts, each managed by apolicelieutenant.
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Apolicelieutenantin the car behind her pulled over to see what the problem was.
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He soon left, however, to tutor the son of apolicelieutenant.
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He was made apolicelieutenantin 1920 and then a captain eight years later.
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Apolicelieutenantinstructed reporters not to take pictures.
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His father was apolicelieutenant.
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According to a nearbypolicelieutenantthere was a demonstration of about 100 oil employees at one intersection between the police recruitment building and the oil ministry.
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And then there was the best finale of all: the show that ended with a very sickpolicelieutenantexcusing herself to take a phone call and getting good news.
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At outstations many police lieutenants live in bungalows or other accommodation on rubber estates and tin mines.
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In addition, both are police lieutenants, wear trench coats, and drive old broke down cars.
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