policija

This is the 875th most frequent Croatian word.


policija

The Croatian word "policija" means "police" in English.


The word 'policija' is used here as a subject representing the police force responding to an event.

Policija je brzo stigla na mjesto nesreće.

The police quickly arrived at the accident scene.


In this sentence, 'policiju' is in the accusative case, as it is the direct object of the verb 'called'.

Zvao je policiju kada je uočio sumnjivo ponašanje.

He called the police when he noticed suspicious behavior.


Here, 'policiji' is in the locative case, indicating the location where one works.

Radim kao policijski službenik u lokalnoj policiji.

I work as a police officer in the local police department.