What does military police mean?

Definitions for military police
mil·i·ta·ry po·lice

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. military police, MPnoun

    a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners

Wiktionary

  1. military policenoun

    A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police that particular organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.

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  1. military police

    Military police are a specialized unit within the armed forces, responsible for enforcing laws, regulations, and standards of conduct, as well as maintaining order and discipline among military personnel. They may also support civilian law enforcement agencies and provide security for military bases or operations. Military police can play a crucial role in combat operations, handle prisoners of war, manage refugees, and conduct crime investigations. The exact duties of military police can vary significantly by country and branch of the military.

Wikidata

  1. Military police

    Military police are police organizations connected with, or part of, the military of a state. The word can have different meanings in different countries, and may refer to: ⁕a section of the military solely responsible for policing the armed forces ⁕a section of the military responsible for policing in both the armed forces and in the civilian population ⁕a section of the military solely responsible for policing the civilian population ⁕the preventative police forces of each Brazilian state, responsible for policing the civilian population, which become auxiliary forces of the Brazilian Army in time of war The status of military police is usually prominently displayed on the helmet and/or on an armband, brassard, or arm or shoulder flash. In the Second World War, the military police of the German Army still used a metal gorget as an emblem. Naval police are sometimes called "masters-at-arms".

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. military police

    This word has two significations: (1) The organized body employed within an army to preserve civil order, as distinct from military discipline. (2) A civil police with a military organization. The police of an army commonly consists of steady intelligent soldiers, who act under the orders of the provost-marshal, and arrest all persons out of bounds, civilians not authorized to pass the lines, disorderly soldiers, etc.; they also attend to sanitary arrangements. As in all military matters, the police of an army possess summary powers, and a sentence of the provost-marshal is carried out immediately after it is pronounced. Of civil police with military organization may be instanced, as specimens, the gendarmerie of France, the sbirri of Italy, and, in an eminent degree, the Irish constabulary.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of military police in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of military police in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of military police in a Sentence

  1. Sutopo Nugroho:

    Around 200 people...in joint teams from the military, police, NGOs, and volunteers are continuing to search for victims.

  2. Col Joe Buccino:

    This was a tough day here on Fort Bragg, it was a tough day for all of us. Our immediate thoughts right now are on the family, the men and women of the 16th Military Police Brigade, and the inured Soldiers.

  3. Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook:

    Basim Muhammad Ahmad Sultan al-Bajari used Basim Muhammad Ahmad Sultan al-Bajari military experience to consolidate ISIL's control over Mosul, where they have engaged in dictatorial rule and sectarian murder and oppression since 2014. Hatim Talib al-Hamduni was an ISIL military commander in Mosul and the head of military police for self-proclaimed Ninawa state.

  4. Yong Yow:

    As such, his voluntary departure order became a final order of removal and he is an ICE fugitive. On June 1, Pablo Villavicencio singled out was detained by military police officers and turned over to ICE. Pablo Villavicencio singled out remains in ICE custody pending removal.

  5. Juan Almendarez:

    The number of human rights violations by the military is rising, and the threat is greater and growing because military police operate with their faces covered and without visible identification, which fans impunity.


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