Synonyms of police force

police force

noun

as in police

a body of officers of the law

mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• police
• constabulary
• force
• finest
• man
• police officer
• heat
• policeman
• fuzz
• cop
• officer
• copper
• trooper
• constable
• bull
• gendarme
• bobby
• policewoman
• peeler
• shamus
• bluecoat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of police force

Following the Irish uprising against England in 1917, the British retaliation sees Winston Churchill dispatch a brutal police force to Ireland that attacks civilians and ends with Cork City burned. — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026

Sources from the Guardia Civil, the local police force, confirmed that the plane was evacuated as a precaution following a bomb threat, per Atlåntico Hoy and Demócrata. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

About five thousand recruits for a new police force have been vetted, but training has yet to begin. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Before 9/11, the Defense Department had transferred only $27 million in hardware to local police forces. — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026