hyperpolice

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verb

To police to an extreme and oppressive degree.

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Meanings

verbhyperpolice (third-person singular simple present hyperpolices, present participle hyperpolicing, simple past and past participle hyperpoliced)

present singular third person hyperpolices · participle present hyperpolicing · participle past hyperpoliced · past hyperpoliced

  1. transitiveTo police to an extreme and oppressive degree.

    The contemporary emotional economy of racialized slavery in the Atlantic world is prolonged through the carceral industries that hyperpolice Black emotions and terrorize Black lives.

    2021, Dannelle Gutarra Cordero, She is Weeping, page 251

Origin

From hyper- + police.

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APA

hyperpolice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperpolice

MLA

“hyperpolice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperpolice. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperpolice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperpolice.

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