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police

[puh-lees] / pəˈlis /


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The law, typically used to police Medicare or Medicaid fraud, is designed to penalize businesses that defraud the government by inflating the cost of services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

In Rome, sources at Fiumicino airport told the BBC police bomb disposal experts carried out standard security protocols to ensure the safety of all passengers and crew.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The Bass administration has increased pay and benefits to thousands of city employees and police officers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Protesters in Gazipur blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway and set fire to roadside debris, but were later cleared by police.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

For the next three days Cato was at the Haarlem police station from early morning until curfew, pestering Dutch and Germans alike to let her see her husband.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

A Spotify spokeswoman said the company polices spam aggressively and has been removing content related to this attack for more than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The company has faced scrutiny over how it polices content and users on its site, who in theory must be 18 or over.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026

It polices remedies and the finality of convictions, not the enforceability of unconstitutional laws going forward.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026

The society now protects and polices about one hundred of these refuges, which, of course, are worthless unless thus protected.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt

Giancarlo: Traditional gambling, which is well policed by state authorities, involves a booking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

At Google and Microsoft, employee discourse became disruptive enough that the companies policed internal message boards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Compliance would be policed for 10 years by an independent auditor chosen jointly by Meta and the states, and paid for by the company.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

It was the era of “Urban Cowboy” and purity was being policed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

A peek at the entries for these words in any dictionary will show that Macdonald was wrong about the inevitable degeneration of a language that is not policed by lexicographers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Here’s where they stand on housing, policing and homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Senior officers say they are investing in technology to combat e-bikes, but said this was not just a policing problem, and would need a broader effort to tackle the issue.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Bonfire Night policing will be 'largest operation since Trump visit'

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Both spent years working as community organizers, but now they diverge on issues such as policing and homeless policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

He tried to neatly type up his reports and touted the virtues of scientific policing.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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