Colloquial Variant guide

'rales

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • [ɹɑːliz]
  • rhymes with -ɑːliz

1

noun

Meaning 1

The police.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Multicultural-London-English, plural, plural-only, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 5-O, Babylon, bacon, Big Blue Machine, Bill, boydem, constabulary, dibble, donut patrol, ducks and geese, ecilop, esclop, feds, filth, five-o, fuzz, garda, gardai, gendarmerie, heat, law, maaveh, monarch, Old Bill, piglice, plod, po-po, police, police department, police force, police service, polis, thin blue line, any plural synonym of police officer

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Clipping of federales. Compare feds.