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POLICE ACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does police action mean?
• POLICE ACTION (noun)
The noun POLICE ACTION has 1 sense:
1. a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order
Familiarity information: POLICE ACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("police action" is a kind of...):
action; military action (a military engagement)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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