mounted police
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmountedandpolice
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mounted
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈmaʊn.tɪd/us/ˈmaʊn.t̬ɪd/
riding a horse, or involving people ...
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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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(Definition ofmountedandpolicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Themountedpolicemounted the pavement quite unnecessarily and continually addressed remarks to individuals in the crowd.
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My word, you must have guilty consciences that you should have hadmountedpoliceoutside!
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The inspector directed twomountedpoliceto disperse these people in front of the procession and that was done.
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I do not say a word againstmountedpolice.
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Around 300 police and special constables were on the scene, including thirty-sixmountedpolicewho charged and dispersed the crowd.
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In the course of so doing it was necessary for some of themountedpoliceofficers to goon to the footpath.
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Themountedpoliceadvanced out of the plant exactly as the tactical options manual says that they should.
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The demonstrators were dispersed by the police, both foot andmountedpolicebeing employed, and order was completely restored by midnight.
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How much easier it must be for expert riders likemountedpoliceofficers to control horses which they ride every day.
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They were not used to the body or to the legs, but to the heads, andmountedpolicewere used without warning.
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It is proposed thatmountedpoliceshall render first-aid where necessary to horses in the streets if the driver consents.
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There were hundreds of foot police and dozens ofmountedpolice.
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Many of us believe that themountedpoliceare not provocative and that their use is part of the normal activities of the police.
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His next point was that we should, as far as possible, recruit our inspectors from ex-members of themountedpolice.
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Thirdly, and this is in accordance with my own truthful observation, relations between the crowd and themountedpoliceare normally good-tempered.
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Is he aware, that, on the whole, wheremountedpolicehave not been employed, the behaviour in industrial disputes has been very good?
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He sent only 100mountedpoliceand 200 unmounted police.
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It was then that themountedpoliceofficers charged the crowd.
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