desperado vs police

desperado

noun
  • A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship. 

  • A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West. 

  • A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check. 

  • A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc. 

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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