No. 230 in Bulgarian
полицията
The police.
In a sentence
Полицията разследва случая.
The police are investigating the case.
Used as the subject of the sentence to denote the responsible authority in charge of investigations.
Той сигнализира на полицията за инцидента.
He reported the incident to the police.
Here it designates the institution or group being addressed or contacted by someone.
Служителят на полицията отговори на въпроса.
The police officer answered the question.
In this case, it refers to an individual member of the police force, indicated by the possessive construction.
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