convict vs police

convict

verb
  • To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense. 

  • To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something). 

noun
  • A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body. 

  • The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform. 

  • A person deported to a penal colony. 

  • A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes. 

police

verb
  • To clean up an area. 

  • To enforce norms or standards upon. 

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

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. 

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