police chief

English Thesaurus

1. a policeman in charge of a precinct (noun.person)

hypernym	:	officer, police officer, policeman,
definition	:	a member of a police force (noun.person)

hyponym	:	chief constable,
definition	:	the head of the police force in a county (or similar area) (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	beria, lavrenti pavlovich beria,
definition	:	Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953) (noun.person)

derivation	:	captaincy, captainship,
definition	:	the post of captain (noun.act)

derivation	:	captaincy, captainship,
definition	:	the post of captain (noun.act)