Synonyms and antonyms of General words for the police in British Thesaurus

the authorities (noun)

the police or people in other official organizations with legal power to make people obey laws or rules

the boys in blue ()

the police

constabulary (noun)

British the police of a particular place

the force (noun)

informal the police

the fuzz (noun)

informal old-fashioned an insulting word for the police

the Garda (noun)

the police force in the Republic of Ireland

the law (noun)

informal the police

the (old) bill ()

the police

the police (noun)

the people who work for an organization that tries to catch criminals and checks that people obey the law

the police (noun)

an organization that tries to catch criminals and checks that people obey the law

police force (noun)

an organized group of police officers in charge of a country or a particular area

the RUC ()

the Royal Ulster Constabulary: the name of the police force that existed in Northern Ireland before the Police Service of Northern Ireland was introduced in 2001