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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Job Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of work, esp. a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn. |
| 2. | a post of employment; full-time or part-time position: She was seeking a job as an editor. |
| 3. | anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility: It is your job to be on time. |
| 4. | an affair, matter, occurrence, or state of affairs: to make the best of a bad job. |
| 5. | the material, project, assignment, etc., being worked upon: The housing project was a long and costly job. |
| 6. | the process or requirements, details, etc., of working: It was a tedious job. |
| 7. | the execution or performance of a task: She did a good job. |
| 8. | Slang. a theft or similar criminal action: The police caught the gang that pulled that bank job. |
| 9. | a public or official act or decision carried through for the s
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| 10. | Slang. an example of a specific or distinctive type: That little six-cylinder job was the best car I ever owned. |
| 11. | Computers. a unit of work for a computer, generally comprising an application program or group of related programs and the data, linkages, and instructions to the operating system needed for running the programs. |
–verb (used without object) | 12. | to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece. |
| 13. | to do business as a jobber. |
| 14. | to turn public business, planning, etc., improperly to private gain. |
–verb (used with object) | 15. | to assign or give (work, a contract for work, etc.) in separate portions, as among different contractors or workers (often fol. by out): He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. |
| 16. | to buy in large quantities, as from wholesalers or manufacturers, and sell to dealers in smaller quantities: He jobs shoes in Ohio and Indiana. |
| 17. | to get rid of or dispose of: His party jobbed him when he sought a second term in office. |
| 18. | to swindle or trick (someone): They jobbed him out of his property. |
| 19. | to carry on (public or official business) for improper private gain. |
–adjective | 20. | of or for a particular job or transaction. |
| 21. | bought, sold, or handled together: He's too big a customer to buy in less than job quantities. |
—Idioms| 22. | do a job on, Slang. | a. | to destroy, defeat, damage, or confound thoroughly: The thugs did a job on him—he'll be in the hospital for a month. |
| b. | to deceive, persuade, or charm glibly; snow. |
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| 23. | on the job, alert; observant: The cops were on the job and caught them red-handed. |
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Opening Definition–noun | 1. | an act or instance of making or becoming open. |
| 2. | the act of a person or thing that opens. |
| 3. | an unobstructed or unoccupied space or place. |
| 4. | a void in solid matter; a gap, hole, or aperture. |
| 5. | a tract of land thinly wooded as compared with adjoining forest tracts. |
| 6. | the act of beginning; start; commencement: the opening of a new session of Congress. |
| 7. | the first part or initial stage of anything. |
| 8. | an employment vacancy; an unfilled position or job: There are no openings for clerks today. |
| 9. | an opportunity; chance. |
| 10. | a formal or official beginning, as of a sport season or a season's sale of goods: the opening of the deer-hunting season; Swimsuits sold well at the summ
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er opening. |
| 11. | the first performance of a theatrical production. |
| 12. | the first public showing or use of something: the opening of an art exhibition. |
| 13. | a celebration of the first public showing or performance or of the first use or start of something: The new supermarket is going to give away prizes at its opening. |
| 14. | Law. the statement of the ca
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