Definition: constabulary

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

constabulary
     n : the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
         for him" [syn: police, police force, law]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Constabulary \Con*stab"u*la*ry\, a. [LL. constabularius an
   equerry. See Constable.]
   Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.
Constabulary \Con*stab"u*la*ry\, n.
   The collective body of constables in any town, district, or
   country.