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military police

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: MP

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: force, personnel

Narrower terms: shore patrol

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: policia ushtarake — police unit of a military organization
  • Albanian: polici ushtarake — police unit of a military organization
  • Arabic: شُرْطَة عَسْكَرِيَّة (šurṭa ʕaskariyya) — police unit of a military organization
  • Arabic: الشُّرْطَة الْعَسْكَرِيَّة (aš-šurṭa al-ʕaskariyya) — police unit of a military organization
  • Armenian: ռազմական ոստիկանություն (ṙazmakan ostikanutʻyun) — police unit of a military organization
  • Azerbaijani: hərbi polis — police unit of a military organization
  • Belarusian: вае́нная палі́цыя (vajénnaja palícyja) — police unit of a military organization
  • Belarusian: вайско́вая палі́цыя (vajskóvaja palícyja) — police unit of a military organization
  • Bulgarian: вое́нна поли́ция (voénna polícija) — police unit of a military organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 憲兵 /宪兵 (xiànbīng) — police unit of a military organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍警 /军警 (jūnjǐng) — police unit of a military organization
  • Czech: vojenská policie — police unit of a military organization
  • Danish: militærpoliti — police unit of a military organization
  • Dutch: marechaussee — police unit of a military organization
  • Dutch: militaire politie — police unit of a military organization
  • Estonian: sõjaväepolitsei — police unit of a military organization
  • Estonian: sõjapolitsei — police unit of a military organization
  • Finnish: sotilaspoliisi — police unit of a military organization
  • French: police militaire — police unit of a military organization
  • Georgian: სამხედრო პოლიცია (samxedro ṗolicia) — police unit of a military organization
  • German: Militärpolizei — police unit of a military organization
  • German: Feldjäger — police unit of a military organization
  • Greek: στρατονομία (stratonomía) — police unit of a military organization
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁטָרָה צְבָאִית (mishtará tsvá'it) — police unit of a military organization
  • Icelandic: herlögregla — police unit of a military organization
  • Indonesian: polisi militer — police unit of a military organization
  • Irish: póilíní míleata — police unit of a military organization
  • Italian: polizia militare — police unit of a military organization
  • Japanese: 憲兵 (kenpei) — police unit of a military organization
  • Japanese: 警務官 (keimukan) — police unit of a military organization
  • Kazakh: әскери полициясы (äskeri polisiäsy) — police unit of a military organization
  • Korean: 헌병 (heonbyeong) — police unit of a military organization
  • Korean: 군사경찰 (gunsagyeongchal) — police unit of a military organization
  • Lao: ສາລະວັດທະຫານ (sā la wat tha hān) — police unit of a military organization
  • Latvian: militārā policija — police unit of a military organization
  • Lithuanian: karo policija — police unit of a military organization
  • Lithuanian: karinė policija — police unit of a military organization
  • Macedonian: воена полиција (voena policija) — police unit of a military organization
  • Malay: polis tentera — police unit of a military organization
  • Norwegian Bokmål: militærpoliti — police unit of a military organization
  • Iranian Persian: پُلیسِ نِظامی (polis-e nezâmi) — police unit of a military organization
  • Iranian Persian: دِژْبان (dežbân) — police unit of a military organization
  • Polish: żandarmeria wojskowa — police unit of a military organization
  • Portuguese: polícia militar — police unit of a military organization
  • Romanian: poliția militară — police unit of a military organization
  • Russian: вое́нная поли́ция (vojénnaja polícija) — police unit of a military organization
  • Russian: ВП — police unit of a military organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: војна полиција — police unit of a military organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: војничка полиција — police unit of a military organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: vojna policija — police unit of a military organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: vojnička policija — police unit of a military organization
  • Slovak: vojenská polícia — police unit of a military organization
  • Slovene: vojaška policija — police unit of a military organization
  • Spanish: policía militar — police unit of a military organization
  • Swedish: militärpolis — police unit of a military organization
  • Tajik: политсияи низомӣ (politsiya-yi nizomi) — police unit of a military organization
  • Tajik: пулиси ҳарбӣ (pulis-i harbi) — police unit of a military organization
  • Thai: สารวัตรทหาร (sǎa-rá-wát-tá-hǎan) — police unit of a military organization
  • Turkish: askerî polis — police unit of a military organization
  • Ukrainian: військо́ва полі́ція (vijsʹkóva polícija) — police unit of a military organization
  • Ukrainian: ВП — police unit of a military organization
  • Uzbek: harbiy politsiya — police unit of a military organization
  • Vietnamese: cảnh sát quân sự — police unit of a military organization