Noun: polis pó-lis
- [UK, dialect, informal] The force of policemen and officers
"the polis came looking for him";
- police, police force, constabulary, law, boys in blue [informal], Bill [Brit, informal], Old Bill [Brit, informal], fuzz [informal], the fuzz [informal]
- A city, or a city-state in ancient Greece
"Athens was a prominent polis in classical Greece"
Derived forms: polises
Type of: force, law enforcement agency, personnel
Encyclopedia: Polis, Joel