…the civil force of a state, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order…
…an elected governing body in most Louisiana parishes, corresponding to a county board of commissioners in other states…
…an organized body of police officers responsible for a country, district, or town…
…a dossier kept by the police on all people convicted of crime…
…a totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens' activities…
…a police force working in secret against a government’s political opponents…
…enlisted men detailed to help the cook by washing dishes, peeling vegetables, and other kitchen duties…
…the corps responsible for police and disciplinary duties in an army…
…a person who gives police information about crimes and offenders…
…a group of people who aim or are seen as aiming to suppress ideas that deviate from the way of thinking that they believe to be correct…
