deuce vs police

deuce

noun
  • A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle fingers, a peace sign. 

  • A two-year prison sentence. 

  • A cast of dice totalling two. 

  • A '32 Ford. 

  • A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards. 

  • 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold). 

  • A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points. 

  • A table seating two diners. 

  • The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger. 

  • A piece of excrement. 

  • A curveball. 

  • A side of a die with two spots. 

police

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • 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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