English Explanatory Dictionary

overpolice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To police too much, as by patrolling a neighborhood excessively or meting out a punishment incommensurate to the severity of a crime.

Word forms

overpolice overpolices overpolicing overpoliced

Etymology

From over- + police.

Antonyms

underpolice
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