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  • noun Plural form of policer.

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Examples

  • Become obsessed with French crime films or “policers” and Alain Delon, which leads me to create the first Alain Delon fansite online and meet other film-obsessed nuts.

    On with 2008 . . . 2008

  • It helps the policers that Hollywood's writers have little script autonomy.

    David Mamet's Revision 2008

  • LI: They should remember that they are not the policers of the whole world.

    CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2008 2008

  • It helps the policers that Hollywood's writers have little script autonomy.

    David Mamet's Revision 2008

  • LIU LI, STUDENT: They should remember that they are not the policers of the whole world.

    CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2008 2008

  • I find that policers of language impose their standards inconsistently, or, worse, are guilty of the same crimes that they accuse others of.

    Sauce for the Gander David Wharton 2007

  • I find that policers of language impose their standards inconsistently, or, worse, are guilty of the same crimes that they accuse others of.

    Archive 2007-12-01 David Wharton 2007

  • Unlike the official policers of Islamic law in Saudi Arabia and Iran, in Egypt the policing effort is undertaken by private individuals, encouraged by television preachers and Saudi-inspired religious instruction in mosques.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • Unlike the official policers of Islamic law in Saudi Arabia and Iran, in Egypt the policing effort is undertaken by private individuals, encouraged by television preachers and Saudi-inspired religious instruction in mosques.

    Private Enforcers of Islamic Law Appear In Cairo Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • --- Ceci est un video d'une manifestation paisible stoper brutalement par les policers de

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

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