Meanings
adjectiveunpoliced (not comparable)
- not comparableNot policed; not subject to effective regulation
� The $50 billion also pales next to other sums that remain unaccounted for in the Bush era, from the $345 billion in lost tax revenue due to unpoliced offshore corporate tax havens to the far-from-transparent disposition of some $350 billion in Wall Street bailout money.
2009 January 11, Frank Rich, “Eight Years of Madoffs”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishpoliced
- Englishunpoliced
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APA
unpoliced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpoliced
MLA
“unpoliced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpoliced. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpoliced,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpoliced.
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