police

Example Sentences

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Young Iranians last took to the streets en masse in 2022, outraged over the death of a young woman in custody of the country’s “morality police,” who accused her of wearing her headscarf improperly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her horrified family turned to the police but they could not stop her leaving to set up home with Swan in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.

From BBC

Parry said the police received phone calls from two women saying they believed the body to be that of their boyfriend and ex-boyfriend, Tyrone France, who had recently gone missing.

From BBC

It said it sincerely regretted the decision to involve police.

From BBC

At the time, specialist divers, dog units and forensic teams were all involved in what was described as one of the largest police searches Cardiff had seen.

From BBC