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Police Policing Law Area Public Make Person Group

query
If a person or group in authority p______ a law or an area of public life, they make sure that what is done is fair and legal .If a person or group in authority polices a law or an area of public life, they make sure that what is done is fair and legal .
...Imro, the self-regulatory body that polices the investment management business.
Policing of business courses varies widely.
word police
full-definition
noun
The police are the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
The police are also looking for a second car.
Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances.
I noticed a police car shadowing us.
Police are men and women who are members of the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
More than one hundred police have ringed the area.
verb
If the police or military forces police an area or event, they make sure that law and order is preserved in that area or at that event.
...the tiny U.N. observer force whose job it is to police the border.
The march was heavily policed.
...the policing of public places.
If a person or group in authority polices a law or an area of public life, they make sure that what is done is fair and legal .
...Imro, the self-regulatory body that polices the investment management business.
Policing of business courses varies widely.
inflections policespolicingpolicedthe lawpolicingpolicing
cefr-level A1

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