constabulary
IPA: kʌnstˈæbjʌɫɛri
noun
- A police force.
- The police in a particular district or area.
adjective
- Of or relating to constables.
- Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.
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Examples of "constabulary" in Sentences
- They have no role in constabulary, either.
- She had to spend the night in the constabulary.
- It is a parks constabulary not a police service.
- Criticising the constabulary was a no-go area for MPs.
- Keiller joined the special constabulary at Marlborough.
- The local constabulary is the Northumbria police force.
- Legal definition of a constable is member of a constabulary.
- At first the Constabulary tried to patrol everywhere in the Zone.
- The headquarters of the Suffolk Constabulary is based in Martlesham.
- The security of VIPs was a routine requirement for the constabulary.
- It is presently the oldest unsolved murder in the Warwickshire Constabulary.
- It's the navy's "constabulary" role, protecting British trade since Henry VIII built his first fleet.
- He said Miss Adams had called the constabulary's non-emergency number at 10. 45pm to report noise and nuisance in the garden.
- The constabulary is saddled not just with law enforcement but with community mediation, counselling, social disruption and family and marital breakdown.
- He added that the award reflects the contribution PC Edwards has made to the overall aim of the constabulary, which is to inspire trust and confidence in the police service
- Richard Thompson, chief constable of the nuclear constabulary, which is the country's most heavily armed police force and that's not even counting all the plutonium it's packing, is of a different mind.
- The new government is trying to create a new counterterrorism, with U.S. support, and we are training the frontier constabulary, which is a paramilitary force, primarily to fight terror in the tribal areas.
- First of all, it helps to look at the 4 "core missions" they suggest for US military forces: defend the American homeland; fight and decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theater wars; perform the "constabulary" duties associated with shaping the security environment in critical regions; transform U.S. forces to exploit the "revolution in military affairs;"