- present tense form of police (3rd person singular).
polices
Example Sentences
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“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
“Who polices the streets? Who secures the weapons and military installations and nuclear sites? Who patrols the border with Iraq and Afghanistan? The protesters?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
It polices remedies and the finality of convictions, not the enforceability of unconstitutional laws going forward.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026
The statewide agency, which mainly polices traffic violations on freeways and oversees state property, has sworn in more than 600 new officers this year — a total that many departments would envy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
