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. |
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| 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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Employment Definition–noun | 1. | an act or instance of employing someone or something. |
| 2. | the state of being employed; employ; service: to begin or terminate employment. |
| 3. | an occupation by which a person earns a living; work; business. |
| 4. | the total number of people gainfully employed or working. |
| 5. | an activity or the like that occupies a person's time: She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours. |
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