Authorities
Authorities noun - The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.
Police force and authorities are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Police force" instead a noun "Authorities".
Police force
Police force noun - A body of officers of the law.
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Authorities and police force are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authorities" instead a noun phrase "Police force".
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- The authorities immediately send a delegation to the sewers and, long story short, the Rat Men are hired as a police force of sorts.
Source: Literature / My Wife Is A Witch -
Big Brother Is Watching: The final season has a four-year timeskip, during which SARAH has taken over GD, Andy and Martha have been mass-produced as a police force, and people can get tazed for talking back to the authorities.
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