Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

police beat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: po-lice beat
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see police, beat.

noun

A small police station, with a limited range of facilities, located in an officer's residence or in a shopping centre.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"The Law Report 29 January 2008; Interview with Debbie Kilroy […]She was brutalised inside the police beat station, where she was thrown to the ground, her face was rubbed in the ground, her jeans were stripped off her by prison officers, she was kicked, she was beaten."
"Community-based crime prevention strategies include Neighbourhood Watch, Safety House, Police Beat Shopfront Schemes, and Home Assist Services."

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

police beats (plural)

Questions

What does police beat mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see police, beat.

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