police brutality

English

Noun

police brutality (uncountable)

The use of excessive, unjustified force, typically of a physical nature, but also including verbal abuse and psychological intimidation, by a police officer while carrying out law enforcement duties.

Translations

use of excessive force by a police officer

Arabic: عنف الشرطة m (ʕunf al-šurṭa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 警察暴力 (jǐngchá bàolì)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: poliisiväkivalta (fi)
French: violence policière f, (rare) brutalité policière f
German: Polizeibrutalität f, Polizeigewalt (de) f
Italian: brutalità poliziesca f, violenza poliziesca f
Japanese: 警察の暴力
Norwegian:
Bokmål: politivold m
Polish: brutalność policji f
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: brutalitatea poliției f (definite)
Spanish: brutalidad policial f, sevicia policial f
Swedish: polisbrutalitet (sv) c

See also

police brutality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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