underpoliced

See also: under-policed

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ policed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underpoliced (comparative more underpoliced, superlative most underpoliced)

  1. Inadequately policed.
    • 2022 February 3, Jon Guze, “How America Ended Up Underpoliced and Overincarcerated”, in John Locke Foundation‎[1]:
      The focus on punishment rather than deterrence left America significantly underpoliced, and we have remained underpoliced ever since
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