0 past simple and past participle of police
1 to control or guard a public event or area by using members of the police or a similar force:
It is about time we policed ourselves by driving this insane practice out of the schools.
Thus, communities policed and judged themselves : the need to prevent crime and resolve disputes was one of the ties binding communities together.
Data on crimes and population refer to areas policed by county constabularies; prosecutions in boroughs were minimal.
One of the most obvious ways that masculinity might be "policed" is through the actual use of the police and legal system.
In the perfectly policed world, chemical recommendations would generate police ordinances, and new knowledge would dictate immediate reform.
The implementation of these plans has however never been policed.
This is not to deny that these boundaries were also carefully policed.
The boundary line between disability and unemployment does not have to be policed by making a medical determination.
