deputy vs police

deputy

noun
  • a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency. 

  • A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif. 

  • One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office. 

  • a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases). 

  • A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners. 

verb
  • to deputise 

police

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

  • 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 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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