police
noun
an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
are policing
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present progressiveof police.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You want to make you are policing yourself before you are looking at everyone else.’”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Increasingly, companies are policing users’ behavior as a measure of authenticity, looking for associations or breaks in patterns that raise red flags.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2019
In the context of policing, discretion means that officers are given some leeway on which they can rely as they make choices that impact the people they are policing.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018
“There’s something about the way in which folks are policing where the humanity of these people have been removed,” he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2016
I think you need have no uneasiness, the Kaiser will never be saved from the consequences of his acts while the allied armies are policing the Rhine.
From The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory by Margaret Vandercook
