1. (loan) (noun) policeman, police - word now obsolete.
Ka mau aua tāngata i ngā pirīhi, ā kei roto aua tāngata i te herehere i nāianei (TPH 31/10/1902:5). / Those men were caught by the police and they are in prison now.
See also pirihimana
Synonyms: pirihimana
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