Examples of harm in a Sentence. 1  They threatened him with bodily harm. 2  The scandal has done irreparable harm to his reputation. 3  She'll do anything to protect her children from harm. 4  They have suffered serious physical harm. 5  These new regulations could cause lasting harm to small businesses.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word POLI. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Poli. Poli is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy. It is located in the Monti Prenestini area. It is also the birthplace of Pope Innocent XIII and Cardinal Agostino Vallini.
Polis (/ Ë p É l Éª s /; Greek: ÏÏÎ»Î¹Ï pronounced ), plural poleis (/ Ë p É l eÉª z /, ÏÏÎ»ÎµÎ¹Ï), literally means city in Greek. It can also mean a body of citizens. In modern historiography, polis is normally used to indicate the ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as city-state.