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[kuhn-stab-yuh-ler-ee] / kənˈstæb jəˌlɛr i /
NOUN
military police
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK








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Mr Hansen joined the constabulary as deputy chief constable in May 2013 and took the top job in May 2017, becoming the 16th person to head up the force in its history.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024

Couzens, 51, joined Kent Police as a special constable in 2002 and became an officer with the Civil Nuclear constabulary in 2011.

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

The custom dates back more than 150 years, but was stopped in 1909 by the local constabulary, which saw the "straw bears" as a form of "cadging", or begging, for rewards.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2024

Andy Marsh, chief executive of the College of Policing, said not calling the investigation a critical incident "set the tone within the constabulary and led to several challenges".

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023

Moreover, as soon as the constabulary was gotten together they were at once set to work chasing little remnants of the insurgent army all over the archipelago.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount

Miller told the BBC that constabularies had been taking steps to improve wellbeing.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Partly it's because some constabularies have an institutional distrust of the private sector, made more acute by G4S's security failings during the Olympics.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2015

The Guardian approached the remaining police forces in England and Wales, as well as constabularies in Scotland and Northern Ireland, none of whom are currently investigating allegations, fresh or historical, into Heath.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2015

Police commissioners were invented by the current government with the admirable motive of making constabularies accountable to their local communities.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2014

Of these Dumfries then included the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, while the shire of Edinburgh took in the constabularies, the modern shires, of Haddington and Linlithgow.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt


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