LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY Synonyms

• a powerful effect or influence

• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

• physical energy or intensity

• group of people willing to obey orders

• a unit that is part of some military service

• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a group of people having the power of effective action

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

• move with force

• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• do forcibly; exert force

• take by force

• French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively

• a detachment used for security or reconnaissance

• the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes

• a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security

• maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

• the force of policemen and officers

• maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

• take by theft

• take into custody

• a police officer who investigates crimes

• an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

• a person who cares for persons or property

• an officer of the law

• any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command

• someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust

• a member of a police force

• a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel

• direct or command as an officer

• a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area

• someone who keeps peace

• the pistol of a law officer in the old West

• the principal law-enforcement officer in a county

• a guard who keeps watch