unpoliced
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a word derived from
police.
policenounan organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
Example Sentences
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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
When patriarchy finally lands on history’s scrapheap, all – men, women, non-binary – will be free to be themselves, unpoliced.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 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 Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2018
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
He could follow her car as it thridded the unpoliced traffic by that dwindling bird-of-paradise plume, that sphinxic riddle of a feathery question-mark.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes