constabulary

About 0.53 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or relating to constables.
2. adjective Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.

   Constabulary missions are different from fighting wars.

3. noun A police force.
4. noun The police in a particular district or area.

Similar words

police force police law policing gendarme gendarmerie rcmp guard constellational constellary

Often followed by

and force in was to of were had for

Word family

constabularies