- present participle of police.
policing
Example Sentences
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“There’s a lot of policing that’s going on, and a lot of accusations,” said Pallie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The majority position on policing is one of support and accountability — better policing, not simply more policing.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
As policing theorist Mark Neocleous has argued, pacification is the production of order by the very forces that create the danger they claim to manage.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
“They have set up a system where it’s virtually impossible to sustain a biased policing complaint against an officer,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But a careful analysis of the facts shows that the innovative policing strategies probably had little effect on this huge decline.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
