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polices

  • present tense form
    of police (3rd person singular).
    police
    noun
    an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.

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Mills pointed to polices such as control areas for the number of short-term lets and an ongoing review of how key workers are allocated council housing.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

A Spotify spokeswoman said the company polices spam aggressively and has been removing content related to this attack for more than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026

It polices remedies and the finality of convictions, not the enforceability of unconstitutional laws going forward.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026

Then he turned to the polices "I am your prisoner," he went on, in a broken, rambling way.

From What's Bred in the Bone by Grant Allen