Hyperpolice

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To police to an extreme and oppressive degree. transitive

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From hyper- + police.

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