Vigilantes or groups that try to enforce their moral laws on others.

plural of police action

(informal) A metaphorical police force imagined to prevent others from having fun.

(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of policeman

Alternative spelling of policework

A senior rank of a member of a police force.

A peace officer who is a member of a police force.

A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance.

(chiefly Britain, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police; a few original boxes still exist in Britain, but they do not operate. The city of Glasgow in Scotland has new police boxes, which are not booths but computerised kiosks, that connect the caller to a police CCTV control-room operator.

An imaginary police force that ensures that people dress according to fashion.