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politie
police /poˈli.t͡si.e/
noun#1222 most common
Also: police force, police department
Example sentences
Poliția este aici.
The police are here.
Sun la poliție.
I'm calling the police.
Poliția a prins hoțul.
The police caught the thief.
Mașina de poliție a oprit la semafor.
The police car stopped at the traffic light.
Poliția locală colaborează cu poliția rutieră pentru a reduce accidentele.
The local police cooperate with the traffic police to reduce accidents.
Reforma poliției a stârnit dezbateri aprinse în parlament.
The reform of the police sparked heated debate in parliament.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | poliție | poliții |
| Genitive | poliției | polițiilor |
| Accusative | poliție | poliții |
| Vocative | poliție | poliții |
Word family
polițistpoliceman, police officer
polițistăpolicewoman, female police officer
polițienescof or relating to the police
a polițiato police, to patrol (less common, formal/technical use)
Etymology
Poliție entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as a borrowing from French police. French police in turn came from Latin politia, meaning civil administration, which was taken from Ancient Greek politeia, meaning citizenship or government, itself built on polis, meaning city-state. The word arrived in Romanian alongside a wave of French-derived administrative and institutional vocabulary during the country's modernization period.
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