overpolice
verbEtymology
From over- + police.
Definitions
To police too much, as by patrolling a neighborhood excessively or meting out a…
To police too much, as by patrolling a neighborhood excessively or meting out a punishment incommensurate to the severity of a crime.
- First, many veterans of protest marches believe that the police overpolice these events. Second, why are the police still willing to protect a St. Patrick's Day Parade if security concerns and costs are suddenly so important?
- Black people in America fit that description of being overpoliced and oversentenced.
The neighborhood
- antonymunderpolice
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