警けい吏り

noun

police officer

A somewhat formal or bureaucratic term for a police officer, often used in legal or administrative contexts. The cross-reference 警察吏員 is a more explicit compound with the same meaning.

See also: 警察吏員

• 警けい吏りが現げん場ばに急きゅう行こうした。

  The police officer rushed to the scene.

• 当とう時じの警けい吏りは、今いまの警けい察さつ官かんより権けん限げんが限かぎられていた。

  Police officers at that time had more limited authority than today's police.