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English
Etymology
police + -ial
Adjective
policial (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
Etymology
From policia + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
policial m or f (masculine and feminine plural policials)
- (relational) police
- Synonym: policíac
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
policial m or f (plural policiais)
- (relational) police
Noun
policial m or f by sense (plural policiais)
- (Brazil) police officer
- Synonyms: polícia, guarda
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From policía + -al.
Adjective
policial m or f (masculine and feminine plural policiales)
- (Spain) Related to the police, police force
- Synonyms: policíaco, policíaca, policiaco, policiaca
- police procedural
- Synonym: de policías
- whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
- Synonyms: policíaco, policíaca, policiaco, policiaca
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