unpoliced
- a word derived from police.
Example Sentences
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But reality is that the world doesn’t police itself, and an unpoliced world is pandemonium.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024
He’s right to notice that we’re living in an era when fiction, because it’s a refuge for unpoliced thought and feeling of every stripe, matters more than ever.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2020
A group of mothers — “Real moms. Not actors” — are shown sitting around a table, clutching coffee cups and fretting about the prospect of unpoliced schools.
From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2019
That means the largely unpoliced and invisible Irish land border will become the boundary between the EU and the UK - raising vexing questions about trade and customs checks.
From Washington Times • Oct. 14, 2018
The author's use of the words "thridding" and "thredding" have been left unchanged as in the following instances: Page 13: "... as it thridded the unpoliced traffic...."
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
