constable vs police

constable

noun
  • An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders. 

  • One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.) 

  • The warden of a castle. 

  • An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal). 

  • A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers. 

  • An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable) 

  • A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia. 

police

noun
  • A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly 

  • The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer. 

  • Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government. 

  • A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory. 

  • A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement. 

  • People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police. 

  • Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty. 

verb
  • To clean up an area. 

  • To enforce norms or standards upon. 

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

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