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military police

plural noun

  1. soldiers who perform police duties within the army. : MP


military police

noun

  1. a corps within an army that performs police and disciplinary duties


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Derived Forms

  • military policeman, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of military police1

First recorded in 1820–30

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Example Sentences

The governor has “two battalions of military police in the Missouri National Guard,” Honoré said.

A military police officer confronted Lopez and drew her weapon.

Chants and banners demanded the trial of Hamdi Badeen, the head of the Military Police.

Military police were caught on camera dumping bodies on garbage heaps.

She serves as acting commander of the 5th Military Police Battalion in the Vale do Paraíba, in São Paulo state.

But I dont want to be stopped by one of these old territorialsor even by one of our own military police.

The military police had begun to relieve the troops in the outposts.

By this time forty-six posts were held by the military police.

The military police, however, took their full share of work.

They said they came from towns where they had been on military police duty.

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