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policify

policify verb: to subject to policification.

Verb

policify (third-person singular simple present policifies, present participle policifying, simple past and past participle policified)

  1. To subject to policification.
    • […], adequately funded , and limited in number so that the military does not become increasingly “policified." The military may also benefit from participation in international peacekeeping operations, which […]1996 October 17, Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Civil-Military Relations and Democracy, JHU Press, →ISBN
    • […]"policified" or the police officials "socialized" to the need for positive social reform is, of course, difficult to determine.1998, Stephen S. Large, Shōwa Japan: 1941-1952, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 101

Examples of policify in a sentence

  • But there are different rationales to policify the society.2008 July 1, Mary Louise Frampton, Ian Haney Lopez, Jonathan Simon, After the War on Crime: Race, Democracy, and a New Reconstruction, NYU...
  • […] police practices […] "policify" them [favelas].2013 June 25, William Garriott, Policing and Contemporary Governance: The Anthropology of Police in Practice, Springer, →ISBN:
  • This is probably best termed the criminalizing or policifying of school.2014 October 21, “The Criminalization of Schooling”, in Talking Points Memo:

Forms of policify

third-person singular presentpolicifies
present participlepolicifying
past participlepolicified
pastpolicified

Origin of policify

From police + -ify.

Questions about policify

What does policify mean?
Policify means to subject to policification.
How do you use policify in a sentence?
But there are different rationales to policify the society.
What part of speech is policify?
Policify is a verb.
What is the past tense of policify?
The past tense of policify is policified.

Words near policify in the dictionary

  1. policier
  2. policiers
  3. policies
  4. policification
  5. policified
  6. policify
  7. policifying
  8. policing
  9. policing one's brass
  10. policing up
  11. policingly

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