policial
English
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editpolicial (not comparable)
- (archaic) Relating to the police.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter:
- [W]here the case is of importance—or, what amounts to the same thing in the policial eyes, when the reward is of magnitude, the qualities in question have never been known to fail.
Catalan
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editpolicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural policials)
- (relational) police
- Synonym: policíac
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edit- “policial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “policial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “policial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese
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editpolicial m or f (plural policiais)
Noun
editpolicial m or f by sense (plural policiais)
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editSpanish
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editpolicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural policiales)
- (Spain) Related to the police, police force
- police procedural
- Synonym: de policías
- whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
Usage notes
edit- In a novel, drama, film or series, policial is more to refer to police procedural and policiaco/policíaco to whodunit.
Derived terms
edit- (whodunit): novela policiaca f, serie de televisión policíaca f
- parapolicial
- policialmente
Related terms
edit- policía f
Further reading
edit- “policial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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