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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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police

/pəˈliːs/

US pronunciation
American sound/pəˈliːs/
pəˈliːs
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

pə - ˈliːs -> police

Myanmar meaning

(n) ရဲသား (v) ထိန်းသိမ်းကြပ်မတ်

Full entry

police /pǝ'li:s/ n

(usu the police) [pl v ] ရဲ။ ပုလိပ်။ the local/state/national police ❍ a police car/ enquiry/raid/report ❍ call out the riot police ❍ There were over 100 police on duty at the demonstration. ❍ The police have not made any arrests. See also THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, SECRET POLICE
v (ရဲတပ်ကဲ့သို့ စည်းစနစ်တကျရှိစေရန်) ထိန်းသိမ်းကြပ်မတ်သည်။ The teachers on duty are policing the school buildings during the lunch hour. ❍ (fig ) a committee to police the new regulations (ie make sure they are obeyed) ❍ community policing ❍ policing strategy/measures.
❏ police constable n (abbr PC ) (also constable ) ရဲသား။
❏ police dog n ရဲခွေး။
❏ police force n ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့။
❏ police officer n ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်။
❏ police state n (derog ) ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ကို လက်ကိုင်တုတ် လုပ်၍ ဖိနှိပ်ချုပ်ချယ်ခြင်းဖြင့် အကြွင်းမဲ့ နိုင်ငံရေးအာဏာ ကျင့်သုံး အုပ်ချုပ်သည့် နိုင်ငံ။

More examples
  • Over 100 police were called in to deal with the riot.
  • Traffic/riot police
  • Someone called the police.
Synonyms
law enforcement, police force, law, badge, bear, blue, bluecoat, bobby, boy scout, bull, constable, constabulary, control, cop, copper, corps, county mounty, crime squad, detective, drug squad, fed, flatfoot, force, fraud squad, fuzz, gendarme, gumshoe, heat, keep watch over, law enforcement agency, lawman, man, monitor, narc, officers, oink, patrol, patrolman, pig, police department, regulate, riot police, supervise, vice squad, watch
Antonyms
asperser, backbiter, bad actor, bad person, bandit, black marketeer, blackmailer, bruiser, calumniator, cardsharper, cattle thief, criminal, crook, culprit, defalcator, defamer, defiler, despoiler, deuce, disputant, embezzler, emulator, enemy, evil person, evildoer, ex-con, felon, filcher, footpad, forager, gang member, gangster, gorilla, grafter, guerilla, guilty party, guilty person, gunman/ woman, gunperson, gunslinger, heister, highway robber, highwayman, highwayperson, hired killer, hit man/woman, hit person, holdup artist, holdup person, housebreaker, inside person, jailbird, larcener, larcenist, lawbreaker, lifer, lifter, mafioso, malefactor, member of the family, mobster, moonlighter, offender, other side, outlaw, owl, perpetrator, pilferer, pillager, porch climber, professional killer, prosecutor, ravager, repeater, rioter, robber, rustler, saboteur, saboteurs, safecracker
Cross references
law enforcementpolice forcelawbadgebearbluebluecoatbobbyboy scoutbullconstableconstabularycontrolcopcoppercorpscounty mountycrime squaddetectivedrug squadfedflatfootforcefraud squadfuzzgendarmegumshoeheat
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