Dictionary

policing en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Monitoring or regulation.
2. (countable, uncountable) Patrolling by the police.
3. (countable, uncountable) Maintenance of public order.

Forms

Deriveds

broken windows policing · community policing · moral policing · tone policing · identity policing

Relateds

law and order

Translations (14)

es vigilancia (monitoring or regulation) · es patrullaje (patrolling by the police) · it pattugliamento (patrolling by the police) · hu rendészet (maintenance of public order) · pt patrulha (patrolling by the police) · pt policiamento (maintenance of public order) · it controllo (monitoring or regulation) · hu rendfenntartás (maintenance of public order) · it polizia (patrolling by the police) · pt vigilância (monitoring or regulation) · it vigilanza (monitoring or regulation) · hu ellenőrzés (monitoring or regulation) · hu felügyelet (monitoring or regulation) · el αστυνόμευση (patrolling by the police)

policing en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of police
   form of police
   • The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use. 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:

Deriveds

policingly