police official

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandofficial

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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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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandofficialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpolice official

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Like the mining engineer, thepoliceofficialhad to design and construct a machine.
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Ultimately, though, thepoliceofficialor universal cameralist would decide what was good for the commonwealth, what should be encouraged and what prohibited.
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There is the evidence of a responsiblepoliceofficial.
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The restaurants, both licensed and unlicensed, according to thispoliceofficial, never attempted to impose a colour bar.
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The inquiry in this case was held by anotherpoliceofficial.
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It is not satisfactory that the issue in all these cases should be dealt with by anotherpoliceofficial.
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He knows as much about them as anypoliceofficialdoes, and he is probably as much feared and hated by them as anypoliceofficialin the country.
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Thepoliceofficialremained silent.
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I have been told by a high-rankingpoliceofficialthat usually the police wait until there is an accident or until another law has been broken before making a check.
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When apoliceofficialreceives inquiries of that kind, how is he to ascertain whether the alien can support himself except by going to his late employer?
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The attack was blamed on a lack of security at the event; a localpoliceofficialsaid that the security procedures weren't good.
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In his long career as apoliceofficial, he served in many departments such as chief of corps of detectives.
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In criminal cases a judge or seniorpoliceofficialmay authorize searches of private residences.
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Videos which showed several penned-in female demonstrators being hit with pepper spray by apoliceofficialwere widely disseminated, sparking controversy.
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Section 3 provides that thepoliceofficialwho receives such information has a duty to investigate.
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Apoliceofficialsaid that the teen was trying to copy a similar act in the game.
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He has also sported a neat short-cropped hairstyle to look like a serious law-abidingpoliceofficial.
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Two bodyguards were injured in a failed assassination attempt against apoliceofficialjust outside of the city.
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