police protection

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliceandprotection

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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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protection
noun[U]
uk
/prəˈtek.ʃən/us
/prəˈtek.ʃən/
the act of protecting or state of ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandprotectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We might still justifypoliceprotectionof one's negative rights at the social level by reducing all mixed positive rights to derived positive rights.
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Self-protection rather thanpoliceprotectionis seen as the best way to make one's home safe.
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A storekeeper told me his uncle (the owner of a nearby butchers) paid forpoliceprotection.
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There is a beneficial by-product : these states acquire expertise that can be applied to other functions of government, from healthcare topoliceprotection.
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Why should they get all thepoliceprotectionand not be asked to pay their quota towards town or county taxation?
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The police authorities inform me that it would not be advisable at present to withdraw thepoliceprotection.
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There were seven cases of arson, four of threatening letters and notices, andpoliceprotectionhad to be afforded to several people.
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They did not ask forpoliceprotectionin order to guard their vans carrying the supplies from the docks.
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It is not the practice to disclose the cost ofpoliceprotectionof an individual.
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As for thepoliceprotectioninside a football ground, for example, the decision is made by the chief officer of police.
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It is a sad day when the meetings of a district hospital committee have to be held underpoliceprotection.
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The costs, excludingpoliceprotectioncosts, we are able to calculate at this stage are £1,397,736.70.
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The paper concluded that "the apparent absence of visiblepoliceprotectionin many communities adds to the fear of crime".
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Good non-union drivers' should be recruited to cross picket lines withpoliceprotection.
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Protection of empty property has been mentioned,policeprotection, the protection afforded by the fire service, and so on.
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That would provide a lot ofpoliceprotection, and might save some lives.
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At the present time you can go to a police station and ask forpoliceprotection.
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It would not be sensible to disclose information aboutpoliceprotectionwhich would indicate its scale in a particular case.
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It would not be proper to disclose information aboutpoliceprotectionwhich would indicate its scale in a particular case.
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