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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of overcentralise form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Alternative form of overcentralized. alt-of, alternative

   "The claim that policing has become dangerously overcentralised is now a political commonplace."

Example

More examples

"The claim that policing has become dangerously overcentralised is now a political commonplace."

Etymology

From over- + centralised.

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