policed

Verb

police (third-person singular simple present polices, present participle policing, simple past and past participle policed)

1. (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
   • Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.
2. (ambitransitive, slang) To clean up an area.
   • This comes to him through the company housekeeping, for in the field each organization takes care of itself, cooks its own food, makes its own beds, does its own policing (cleaning up); […]1900, Proceedings of the eighth annual meeting, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
3. (figuratively, transitive) To enforce norms or standards upon.
   • to police a person's identity

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