Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
police .
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Examples
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For this reason many of them have to be locked up in policed “schools” where they terrorise the real sixth formers.
Archive 2007-12-09 Newmania 2007
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For this reason many of them have to be locked up in policed “schools” where they terrorise the real sixth formers.
For You Tommy , Ze Education Iz Over Newmania 2007
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The U.S. military has "policed" Haiti at least since 1888 when war boats were sent to "persuade" the government to be friendlier to U.S. shipping interests.
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And how is the RP 'policed' to make sure people don't power- or ego-play and ruin the storyline?
Drottningholm Palace Young Geoffrion 2009
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The scars stick for a long time, but that's part of the reason why I am so delighted at the anti-bullying policy at my children's school which is 'policed' by the kids themselves, who see, observe and can interpret so much better than adults.
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He possessed a steam-launch with which he "policed" the river, stopping and questioning anybody who might approach, in that way controlling trade.
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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His outfit at Rastadt actually had cleaner quarters than the German guards, the American barracks being cleaned, or "policed", twice a day.
Sergeant Hallyburton, the First American Soldier Captured in the World War 1923
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Her own opinion in regard to being "policed" into honesty had not changed.
Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall R. G. [Illustrator] Vosburgh 1895
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What with glass roofs and glass floors and electricity, indeed, the city of the future is likely to be much more easily 'policed' and patrolled, as well as incomparably more cheery and habitable, than the city of to-day.
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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So you'll be able to see how much people like your code, and how useful it is (and yes, it will be 'policed' to be nice, keep it reasonable, and remember, this is a community!)
Planet Sun davidgs 2010
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