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Definition of Policed
1. a. Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration.
Definition of Policed
1. Verb. (past of police) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Policed
1. police [v] - See also: police
Lexicographical Neighbors of Policed
Literary usage of Policed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Recollections of a Virginia Newspaper Man by Herbert Tobias Ezekiel (1920)
"Well policed—a Lynching. Like many another story, that of Dawson is both sad and
humorous. Some years ago a correspondent of mine in another portion of the ..."
2. Asylum in Legations and Consulates and in Vessels by John Bassett Moore (1892)
"The account of this case would be incomplete if we failed to notice the fact that
from the time Leite Pereira came to the legation it was closely policed, ..."
3. China and Lower Bengal: Being "The Times" Correspondence from China in the by George Wingrove Cooke (1861)
"... native town at night— Conquest of wages over caste—The thieves' den of
Calcutta—The murderer's friends—Calcutta well policed, but badly defended. ..."
4. The Prohibition Movement in Its Broader Bearings Upon Our Social, Commercial by Percy Andreae (1915)
"Assuming, for argument's sake, that there are parts of a municipality which are
less efficiently policed than others, there must needs be one part which is ..."
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