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| antipolice |
combined form of police. |
| authorities |
(used with "the") the police or other people in government. |
| authority |
those people who have certain powers by law, especially people like police and others in the government. [1/3 definitions] |
| ballistics |
the study of the characteristics of ammunition and firearms, as in police detection work. [1/3 definitions] |
| battering ram |
any bar, beam, or device used in a similar way, as by police, firefighters, or rescue workers. [1/2 definitions] |
| Black Lives Matter |
an early twenty-first century social and political movement that seeks to raise awareness of and put an end to unjust treatment of Black people, esp. that which occurs in the form of police brutality. |
| Bloody Sunday |
March 7, 1965, the day on which American civil rights activists, led by John Lewis and others, marched onto the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama and were beaten and tear-gassed by waiting police officers and deputies on the other side. |
| bluecoat |
one who wears a blue coat or uniform, esp. a police officer or a Union soldier in the U.S. Civil War. |
| bobby |
(chiefly British; old-fashioned; informal) a police officer, esp. one who patrols on foot. |
| book |
to enter formal charges against in a police blotter. [1/13 definitions] |
| bring in |
to arrest or conduct to a police station for questioning. [1/5 definitions] |
| captain |
a police officer holding a rank above lieutenant. [1/7 definitions] |
| case1 |
a matter that the police or a court must consider. [1/3 definitions] |
| civilian |
a person who is not serving in the armed forces or the police. [2 definitions] |
| Civil Rights Movement |
a movement in the United States particularly prominent during the 1950s and 1960s that sought to end racial discrimination, legal segregation of blacks and whites, and racial barriers to voting. The movement was led by black leaders such as Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and James Farmer. It mobilized tens of thousands of African Americans in protest against existing laws and practices. Activists, both black and white, endured harassment and violence from the police and others as the movement progressed. Eventually, the American civil rights movement brought about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and other measures. [1/2 definitions] |
| close off |
of police or other authority, to block access to (a path, road, or area). |
| collar |
(informal) an arrest by police. [1/7 definitions] |
| come forward |
to present oneself to the police or other authority and offer evidence, or to offer oneself as a volunteer for a task. |
| constable |
a police officer in a small town or village. |
| constabulary |
a district's police force or group of constables. [2/3 definitions] |
| cop2 |
an informal word for police officer. |
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