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policing

[ puh-lee-sing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of maintaining public order and security, enforcing the law, or regulating or controlling something, by or as if by members of a police force:
No matter what style is adopted for the policing of a community, officers must use discretion in interpreting the activities of citizens.
Careful family use of the internet doesn't need to be a punitive policing of children's activities online.
Military. the act of cleaning up a camp or post or of keeping it clean:
After the major’s visit, the policing of the entire camp and all the fighting positions improved 100 percent.

First recorded in 1830–40; police ( def ) + -ing ¹( def )

The need for increased community policing is more urgent than ever before.

Community policing is expensive and, in an era of budget cuts, increasingly rare.

If we want that to change, then all of us have to encourage our legislators to make funding community policing a priority.

In the wake of this turmoil, the New York Post reported that the police had stopped policing.

Does that mean a reduction in policing would be a good thing?

We worked hard "policing up" ourselves and our equipment during the few days we stayed at Bouligny.

They were both on the policing shift that week, so it was easy for them to arrange to get their share of camp-work over early.

And so the policing of the western country from Fort Gibson went on and on.

There were local bands of regulators policing nearly every district in Alabama.

The dinner hour had passed, likewise the second policing of the day had been attended to by the humble plebes.

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