You can make 54 words from police according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of police
police
Etymology
From Middle Frenchpolice, from Latinpolītīa(“state, government”), from Ancient Greekπολιτεία(politeía). Doublet of policy and polity.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General Australian, General American, Scotland) IPA(key): /pəˈliːs/, [pʰə̆ˈliˑs]
(England, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpl̩iːs/
(Southern American English, AAVE) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ.liːs/
Hyphenation: po‧lice
Rhymes: -iːs
Noun
policepl (normally plural, singularpolice)
A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly [from 18th c.]
1943, Charles Reith, British Police and the Democratic Ideal, pp. 3–4:
There are nine Principles of Police: ... 7 To maintain at all times a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence.
1990 Sept. 13, David Black & al., "Prescription for Death", Law & Order, 00:00:01:
In the criminal justice system, the People are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
(Canada, US and historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
(UK) A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory.
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.
(usually plural only) The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer. [from 19th c.]
2006 Sept. 17, David Mills, "Soft Eyes", The Wire, 00:06:50:
Pearlman: Very clever, Lester. You got it all figured, huh? Freamon: Me? I'm just a police.
(figuratively, usually ironic and mildly derogatory) People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
(military, slang) Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
(archaic, now rare)Synonym of administration, the regulation of a community or society. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete)Alternative form of policy. [15th–19th c.]
(obsolete)Alternative form of polity, civilization, a regulated community. [16th–19th c.]
Usage notes
In North America and the UK, local police are generally distinguished from regional, national, and specialized law enforcement officers such as sheriffs, marshals, bailiffs, FBIspecial agents, and NCAinvestigators. In Australia and New Zealand and in translation of the law enforcement agencies of other countries, police may refer indiscriminately to law enforcement agencies and officers at any level.