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• Police Gazette (disambiguation) — Police Gazette , or some variation thereof has been the title of several publications:*The Police Gazette (UK), first published in 1772 *Police Gazette (novel), the working title of James Ellroy s next novel, a sequel to American Tabloid and The… …   Wikipedia

• Police encounter — is the term used by the Indian Police Service or Indian military/paramilitary forces when explaining the death of an individual at their hands who was deemed by them to be a militant or subject of interest . It refers to extra judicial killings… …   Wikipedia

• police procedural — police′ proce dural n. cvb lit. sbz a mystery novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work Also called procedural • Etymology: 1965–70 …   From formal English to slang

• Police 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… …   Wikipedia

• novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; …   Universalium

• Police state — The term police state describes a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social… …   Wikipedia

• police — /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… …   Universalium

• Police at the Funeral — infobox Book | name = Police at the Funeral image caption = 2007 Vintage pb cover author = Margery Allingham cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Albert Campion genre = Crime novel publisher = Heinemann release date …   Wikipedia

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

• novel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. story, book, romance, epic; novella. See description, writing. adj. new, unusual, different, remarkable, unique. See newness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. new, odd, innovative, different; see original… …   English dictionary for students

• police procedural — a mystery novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work. Also called procedural. [1965 70] * * * …   Universalium