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polices

  • present tense form of police (3rd person singular).

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 13, 2026

“Who polices the streets? Who secures the weapons and military installations and nuclear sites? Who patrols the border with Iraq and Afghanistan? The protesters?”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

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

From Slate Jan. 8, 2026

The statewide agency, which mainly polices traffic violations on freeways and oversees state property, has sworn in more than 600 new officers this year — a total that many departments would envy.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

One squad polices the camp within the company police limits.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training by United States War Department