English Dictionary

police

IPA（発音記号）

/pəˈliːs/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 俗語 比喩的用法

(transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group). / (transitive, intransitive, military, slang) To clean up an area. / (transitive, figuratively) To enforce norms or standards upon.

日本語の意味

法を執行し、秩序を維持する（治安を保つ） / 地域や領域の清掃・整備を行う（軍隊や俗語での意味） / 規範や基準の順守を強制する（比喩的な意味）

The council hired private guards to police the festival crowd.

評議会は祭りの群衆を取り締まるために私設の警備員を雇った。

意味（1）

(transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).

Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive, military, slang) To clean up an area.

This comes to him through the company housekeeping, for in the field each organization takes care of itself, cooks its own food, makes its own beds, does its own policing (cleaning up); […]

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To enforce norms or standards upon.

to police a person's identity

polices （ present singular third-person ）

policing （ participle present ）

policed （ participle past ）

policed （ past ）