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Definition of police department noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

police department

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/pəˈliːs dɪpɑːtmənt/

/pəˈliːs dɪpɑːrtmənt/

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(in the US) the police organization of a particular cityTopics Law and justiceb1

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