Interpol

American

[in-ter-pohl] / ˈɪn tərˌpoʊl /

noun

an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.

Interpol British

/ ˈɪntəˌpɒl /

acronym

International Criminal Police Organization, an association of over 100 national police forces, devoted chiefly to fighting international crime

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Etymology

Origin of Interpol

Inter(national Criminal) Pol(ice Organization)

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, Honduran officials have issued a warrant for Hernández’s arrest over years-old fraud allegations and, in a social media post, asked Interpol and other international allies to honor it.

From Salon

From perfectly spelled phishing emails to fake videos of government officials, artificial intelligence is changing the game for Interpol's cat-and-mouse fight against cybercrime at its high-tech war rooms in Singapore.

From Barron's

Interpol is not a global police force itself, but helps police across the world to co-operate.

From BBC

The subject of an Interpol Red Notice, he is alleged to be an intelligence asset for the FSB, Russia's secretive security service.

From BBC

The Interpol team gathered everyone inside the property and found some as young as 14 had been living there.

From BBC

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