overpolice

English

Etymology

over- + police

Verb

overpolice (third-person singular simple present overpolices, present participle overpolicing, simple past and past participle overpoliced)

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