ministry vs police

ministry

noun
  • Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity 

  • The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches. 

  • The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister) 

  • Work of a spiritual or charitable nature. 

  • A ministration 

  • The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith. 

police

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

  • 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 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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