No. 8,799 in Russian
полиция
Police.
In a sentence
Полиция патрулирует улицы города.
The police patrols the city streets.
Here, 'полиция' refers to the collective police force engaging in patrolling duties.
Я работаю в полиции.
I work in the police.
In this sentence, 'полиция' denotes the institution or organization where one is employed.
Кто вызвал полицию?
Who called the police?
Here, 'полиция' represents the police as an entity summoned to provide assistance.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “полиция” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “полиция” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Russian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into русский, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Russian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).