police vs protector

police

noun
  • People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police. 

  • 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 

  • 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). 

protector

noun
  • Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative. 

  • A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law. 

  • One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. 

  • A device or mechanism which is designed to protect. 

  • One who prevents interference. 

  • A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc. 

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