military police

noun

: a branch of an army that exercises guard and police functions

Examples of military police in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many of them are military police and are mostly trained to enforce military law and defend military bases, vastly different training than Memphis police receive. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Levy is supporting Cait Conley, a combat veteran and former military police officer who won the Democratic primary in June. — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

The investigations will be conducted by Israeli military police. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Divers with a specialized unit of the Carabinieri, Italy’s military police, have uncovered a 2,000-year-old shipwreck on the ocean floor off the northwest coast of Sicily. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for military police

• altarpiece
• centerpiece
• frontispiece
• mantelpiece
• masterpiece
• pilates
• specialise
• stabilise
• syntheses
• apiece
• aris
• assise

Kids Definition

military police

noun

: a branch of an army that exercises guard and police functions