overpoliced

English

Etymology

over- +‎ policed

Adjective

overpoliced (comparative more overpoliced, superlative most overpoliced)

  1. Excessively policed.
    • 2015 August 12, Michael Kimmelman, “David Simon and Cory Booker on ‘Show Me a Hero’ and the Future of Cities”, in New York Times‎:
      For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated.
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