police
noun
an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
has been policing
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present perfect progressiveof police (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Riley has been policing for 31 years, from his start in Newport News, Va., to his first chief post in Selma and now Inkster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
Berlin is currently contributing some 320 troops to the ongoing Eunavfor Med operation, which has been policing the waters between Italy and Libya since May.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2015
But Medick, a 36-year-old Los Angeles X-ray darkroom technician, has been policing table-tennis players for a dozen years.
From Time Magazine Archive
