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self-policed

self-policed is the simple past and past participle of self-police.

Meaning of self-police

Verb

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

  1. To police and monitor amongst themselves without resorting to an external organisation.
    • Because they will largely have to self-police this - train operators and the British Transport Police will not be able to enforce the use of face coverings, for example.2020 May 20, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: Safety first: now more than ever”, in Rail, page 3

Questions about self-policed

What is self-policed the simple past and past participle of?
Self-policed is the simple past and past participle of self-police.

Words near self-policed in the dictionary

  1. self-pleasing
  2. self-pleasure
  3. self-pleasurer
  4. self-pleasurers
  5. self-police
  6. self-policed
  7. self-polices
  8. self-policing
  9. self-pollinating
  10. self-pollination
  11. self-pollinations

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