| Inglés | Español | |
|---|---|---|
| Common | ||
| Common | police force | policía [f] |
| General | ||
| General | police force | fuerza pública [f] |
| General | police force | guardia [f] |
| General | police force | policía [f] |
| General | police force | policía gubernativa [f] |
| General | police force | cuerpo de policía [m] |
| General | police force | fuerza policial [f] |
| General | police force | fuerza pública |
| General | police force | cuerpo de policía |
| General | police force | gendarmería [f] |
| General | police force | paca [f] CR derog. |
| Colloquial | ||
| Colloquial | police force | cana [f] AR UY |
| Law | ||
| Law | police force | guardia [f] |
| Law | police force | la policía |
| Law | police force | fuerza del orden |
| Law | police force | tropas de policía |
| Inglés | Español | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | ||||
| General | mexican police force established in the 18th century to apprehend and try bandits | acordada [f] | ||
| General | a police force member | policial [m] | ||
| General | a police force member | policía [m/f] | ||
| General | within the police force but above the law | parapolicial [adj] | ||
| General | the police force of catalonia | mozos de escuadra [prop] | ||
| General | a member of the police force | azul [m] PR MX | ||
| General | police task force | tapir [m] NI | ||
| General | special police force | judicial [f] GT | ||
| General | plain clothes police force that takes on special investigations | judicial [f] GT | ||
| Colloquial | ||||
| Colloquial | member of the police force | tombo [m] CR CO VE BO UY | ||
| Colloquial | member of the police force | sapo [m] CR | ||
| Colloquial | the police force | cana [f] AR | ||
| Colloquial | member of the police force | tombo [m/f] PE | ||
| Politics | ||||
| Politics | district police force | guardia distrital de seguridad pública BO | ||
