Police

Related words

• Bombenleger

  Bomber

• BKA

  BKA stands for Bundeskriminalamt, the central police authority of Germany, responsible for combating serious crime.

• Polizeihund

  Police dog

• Zeugeneinschüchterung

  Witness intimidation is the act of trying to prevent a witness from testifying in court through threats or violence.

• Rasterfahndung

  Data mining

• Kurzwaffe

  Handgun

• Polizeisprecherin

  Police spokeswoman

• Intensivtäterin

  Repeat offender (female)

• Versicherungsbetrüger

  insurance fraudster

• Versicherungsschwindler

  Insurance fraudster

• Tötungsdelikt

  Homicide

• Großrazzia

  Large-scale raid

• Alkoholtest

  Breathalyzer test

• Polizeibericht

  Police report

• Rotlichtsünder

  A red light violator is a person who disregards a red traffic light and thus commits a traffic violation.

• Polizze

  Insurance policy

• Peterwagen

  Police van

• Kuppler

  pimp

• Dispositiv

  A dispositif is a term from philosophy and sociology that describes a network of discourses, institutions, architectures, laws, police measures, philosophical statements, etc. It serves to achieve a specific goal or to exercise a certain power.

• Einschussloch

  A bullet hole is a hole caused by a projectile, such as a bullet.

• Volkspolizist

  People's Policeman (in the GDR)

• Volkspolizistin

  Female People's Police officer (GDR)

• Coronaparty

  A Coronaparty is a celebration that is held during the COVID-19 pandemic despite existing restrictions and health risks.

• Kieberei

  Police station (derogatory)

• Kieberer

  "Kieberer" is an Austrian term for a police officer or informer, often used pejoratively.

• Waffendepot

  Armory

• überwachen

  to monitor

• verfolgen

  Pursue

• weisen

  to point, to show

• durchkämmen

  Comb through

• festsetzen

  To fix something, to determine something, or to arrest someone.

• eskortieren

  Escort

• durchsuchen

  to search

• orten

  Locate

• vernehmen

  to interrogate

• die Kurve kratzen

  To make a quick getaway

• zurückdrängen

  To push back

• durchgreifen

  To take decisive action

• vollstrecken

  Execute, enforce

• nachforschen

  To investigate

• ausfindig machen

  To locate means to find something or someone by searching or determining.

• zur Strecke bringen

  "zur Strecke bringen" means to defeat, capture, or kill someone; also: to successfully complete something.

• Fersengeld geben

  To take to one's heels

• einbuchten

  to jail, to imprison

• bespeien

  To spit on someone or something.

• fortnehmen

  to take away, to remove

• locieren

  to locate

• aufstöbern

  To track down, to unearth

• gefesselt

  bound

Example sentences with “Police”

1. Ich habe die Police unterschrieben. (I signed the policy.)

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