underpolice

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verb

To police too little.

Opposite
overpolice
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Meanings

verbunderpolice (third-person singular simple present underpolices, present participle underpolicing, simple past and past participle underpoliced)

present singular third person underpolices · participle present underpolicing · participle past underpoliced · past underpoliced

  1. transitiveTo police too little.

    They don’t differ in terms of arrests for violent crime and property crime. However, we find that Black officers make less arrests related to drug offenses. There is this underpolicing argument that you’re making for drug offenses.

    2020 June 12, Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales, “Should we defund the police?”, in Capitalisn't

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
overpolice

Origin

From under- + police.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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