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How to use the word policed in a Sentence?

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He policed the boundaries of the faith.

David Gibson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was constantly walking in courtrooms where the disparities are glaring, for me, I was like we need to change the laws in regards to how we are policed. We need to change the laws as to what is considered to be criminal activity.

Jasmine Crockett

Found on CNN
2 years ago

But this gives us hope, this lets us know that there is change on the way if we keep pressing and mashing the gas for people in leadership to pass laws. We need police reform. There's no way the color of your skin or your race dictates how you are policed when in police custody. That's absolutely unacceptable.

Derek Chauvins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Any attempt by Musk to circumvent the process will be much more easily policed.

Stephen Diamond

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We're protesting our right to not be responsible for men and to not be constantly policed by morals or femininity.

Anne Jarrett

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We are committed to building healthy neighborhoods in our city, where every person has an opportunity to thrive. We will continue to work together with our community to ensure our city is policed safely and effectively.

The Sacramento Police department

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Now we're being policed by what seems like an alien force, huge gaffe on New Year's Eve.

Dave Chappelle

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We await to see the detailed requirements, how it will be policed and the penalties for non-compliance in order to judge whether the proposed legislation will actually have any teeth.

Chris Burdett

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This is a very concerning expansion of the ways in which trans people are going to be and have been policed, it’s essentially just criminalizing trans existence.

Chase Strangio

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If 'Rule 40' isn't policed properly, top sponsors will use it to argue for better pricing for top sponsorship deals.

Frank Ryan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is some sort of huge perceptual chasm between the police and the policed in most American cities, when you get that kind of perceptual gulf -- when you're looking at the same incident and you're interpreting it in different ways -- that's a recipe for total division and complete disunity in our society.

Jerald Podair

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They will understand they need to make positive change, we can't have pockets of poverty filled with people who are over-policed.

The Rev. Tommie Pierson

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There's an old saying in the black community that everybody else is protected and served but we are policed, we don't want to be policed. We want to be protected and served as any American citizen.

Benjamin Crump

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We stand with the police department. No one has ever given up on the police department or said we were anti-police department. What we were crying for was saying how African-Americans feel, how their communities are policed and want the justice system to work for everyone.

Gregory Meeks

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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