Meanings
adjectiveoverpoliced (comparative more overpoliced, superlative most overpoliced)
comparative more overpoliced · superlative most overpoliced
- Excessively policed.
For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated.
2015 August 12, Michael Kimmelman, “David Simon and Cory Booker on ‘Show Me a Hero’ and the Future of Cities”, in New York Times
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of overpolice
Origin
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overpoliced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpoliced
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“overpoliced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpoliced. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overpoliced,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpoliced.
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