military police

English

Noun

military police (uncountable)

A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.

Usage notes

As a collective noun, the military police are referred to using plural pronouns and verb forms, such as they and were.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

police unit of a military organization

Dutch: marechaussee (nl)
Finnish: sotilaspoliisi (fi)
German: Militärpolizei (de) f
Greek: στρατονομία (el) (stratonomía)

Hebrew: מִשְׁטָרָה צְבָאִית‎‎ (he) f (mishtará tsváit)
Portuguese: polícia militar f
Swedish: militärpolis c

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