self-police

English

Etymology

From self- + police.

Verb

self-police (third-person singular simple present self-polices, present participle self-policing, simple past and past participle self-policed)

  1. To police and monitor amongst themselves without resorting to an external organisation.
    • 2020 May 20, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: Safety first: now more than ever”, in Rail, page 3:
      Because they will largely have to self-police this - train operators and the British Transport Police will not be able to enforce the use of face coverings, for example.

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