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police

noun as in police force

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The injured have been taken to hospital while national police and the Peruvian Navy look for more survivors.

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The police evaluation was based primarily on information given to the force by Dutch police commanders ahead of the game, the MPs heard.

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A teenager who died after being hit by a car on a motorway had got out of an ambulance shortly before the crash, police say.

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When asked about the differing accounts he gave in police interviews, he said he lied because he was scared.

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By Sunday evening, the donation booths were gone, replaced by police command tents.