(~s, policing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ are the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
The ~ are also looking for a second car...
Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances...
I noticed a ~ car shadowing us.
N-SING-COLL
2.
Police are men and women who are members of the official organization that is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
More than one hundred ~ have ringed the area.
N-PLURAL
3.
If the ~ or military forces ~ an area or event, they make sure that law and order is preserved in that area or at that event.
...the tiny UN observer force whose job it is to ~ the border...
The march was heavily ~d.
VERB: V n, V-ed
see also secret ~
policing
...the policing of public places.
N-UNCOUNT
see also community policing
4.
If a person or group in authority ~s a law or an area of public life, they make sure that what is done is fair and legal.
...Imro, the self-regulatory body that ~s the investment management business.
VERB: V n
policing
Policing of business courses varies widely.
N-UNCOUNT