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.
Definition: The polis (plural, poleis) was the ancient Greek city-state. The word politics comes from this Greek word.In the ancient world, the polis was a nucleus, the central urban area that could also have controlled the surrounding countryside.(The word polis could also refer to the city's body of citizens.) This surrounding countryside (chora or ge) could also be considered part of the polis.lso Known As: city-state. Examples: The polis of Athens, the largest of the Greek poleis, was the birthplace of democracy. Aristotle saw the household oikos as the basic social unit of the polis, according to J. Roy.