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underpolice

verb

Etymology

From under- + police.

  1. derived from πολιτεία
  2. derived from polītīa
  3. derived from police
  4. formed as underpolice — “under- + police”

Definitions

  1. To police too little.

    • They don’t differ in terms of arrests for violent crime and property crime. However, we find that Black officers make less arrests related to drug offenses. There is this underpolicing argument that you’re making for drug offenses.

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