Police Definition–noun | 1. | Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. |
| 2. | (used with a plural verb ) members of such a force: Several police are patrolling the neighborhood. |
| 3. | the regulation and control of a community, esp. for the maintenance of public order, safety, health, morals, etc. |
| 4. | the department of the government concerned with this, esp. with the maintenance of order. |
| 5. | any body of people officially maintained or employed to keep order, enforce regulations, etc. |
| 6. | people who seek to regulate a specified activity, practice, etc.: the language police. |
| 7. | Military. (in the U.S. Army) | a. | the cleaning and keeping clean of a camp, post, station, etc. |
| b. | the condition of a camp, post, station, etc., with reference to cleanliness. |
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–verb (used with object) | 8. | to regulate, control, or keep in order by or as if by means of police. |
| 9. | Military. to clean and keep clean (a camp, post, etc.) |
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Academy Definition–noun, plural -mies. | 1. | a secondary or high school, esp. a private one. |
| 2. | a school or college for special instruction or training in a subject: a military academy. |
| 3. | an association or institution for the advancement of art, literature, or science: the National Academy of Arts and Letters. |
| 4. | a group of authorities and leaders in a field of scholarship, art, etc., who are often permitted to dictate standards, prescribe methods, and criticize new ideas. |
| 5. | the Academy, | a. | the Platonic school of philosophy or its adherents. |
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Training Definition–noun | 1. | the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics. |
| 2. | the status or condition of a person who has been trained: athletes in top training. |
–adjective | 3. | of, pertaining to, or used in or for
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training: a training manual. |
| 4. | intended for use during an introductory, learning, or transitional period: a training cup for weaning a baby; a training bra. |
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