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POLICE CHIEF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A policeman in charge of a precinct
Synonyms:
captain; police captain; police chief
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("police chief" is a kind of...):
officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "police chief"):
Chief Constable (the head of the police force in a county (or similar area))
Instance hyponyms:
Beria; Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria (Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953))
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