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Noun: constabulary  kun'sta-byu,le-ree [N. Amer], kun'sta-byû-lu-ree [Brit]
  1. The force of policemen and officers
    "the constabulary came looking for him";
    - police, police force, law, polis [UK, dialect, informal], fuzz [informal], the fuzz [informal], boys in blue [informal], Bill [Brit, informal], Old Bill [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: constabularies

Type of: force, law enforcement agency, personnel

Encyclopedia: Constabulary