police

UK /pəˈliːs/ US /pəˈliːs/
verb 3

Definitions

verb

1

To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).

Extra security was hired to police the crowd at the big game.

Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.

2

To clean up an area.

This comes to him through the company housekeeping, for in the field each organization takes care of itself, cooks its own food, makes its own beds, does its own policing (cleaning up); […]

Q. […] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters. Q. You had been on guard and went on police duty? You were policing, cleaning up around the barracks? — A. Yes, sir.

3

To enforce norms or standards upon.

to police a person's identity

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