police brutality

  • 11brutality — n. 1) to demonstrate, display, exhibit brutality 2) extreme brutality 3) police brutality 4) an act of brutality 5) brutality to, towards, with * * * [bruː tælɪtɪ] display exhibit brutality towards with an act of brutality …

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  • 12Police officer — Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Policeman, Police Woman, Coppers (disambiguation), and Police Officer (film). Police officer Police officers in South Australia Occupation Activity sectors Law enf …

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  • 13brutality — [[t]bruːtæ̱lɪti[/t]] brutalities N VAR Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. Her experience of men was of domination and brutality. ...police brutality.… …

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  • 14Police — For other uses, see Police (disambiguation). Department of Police redirects here. For other uses, see Department of Police (disambiguation) …

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  • 15Police procedural — The police procedural is a piece of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals… …

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  • 16Police riot — A police riot is a term used for the wrongful, disproportionate, unlawful, and illegitimate use of force by a group of police against a group of civilians. In recent incidents, the term often describes a situation where police, clad in riot gear… …

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  • 17Police and Thieves — Infobox Single Name =Police and Thieves Cover size = Border = Caption = Artist =Junior Murvin Album =Police and Thieves B side = Grumblin Dub Released =1976 Format =7 , 45rpm Recorded = Genre =Reggae Length = Label =Island Records Writer =Junior… …

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  • 18brutality — bru|tal|i|ty [bru:ˈtælıti] n plural brutalities [U and C] cruel and violent behaviour, or an event involving cruel and violent treatment ▪ allegations of police brutality brutality of ▪ the brutalities of war …

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  • 19police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …

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  • 20Police of The Wire — The Police Of The Wire includes many starring characters who play a major role in the fictional HBO drama series The Wire. This fictionalized version of the Baltimore Police Department has been examined in great detail across several departments… …

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