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the police or people in other official organizations with legal power to make people obey laws or rules
the police force in the Republic of Ireland
the people who work for an organization, connected with a local or state government, that tries to catch criminals and checks that people obey the law
an organization, connected with a local or state government, that tries to catch criminals and checks that people obey the law
an organized group of police officers in charge of a particular area
a start-up … whose value has reached more than one billion US dollars
a brown bird that lives near water and has long legs and a long thin curved beak
an afternoon full of crafts
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