Self-police

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To police and monitor amongst themselves without resorting to an external organisation.

    "Because they will largely have to self-police this - train operators and the British Transport Police will not be able to enforce the use of face coverings, for example."

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"Because they will largely have to self-police this - train operators and the British Transport Police will not be able to enforce the use of face coverings, for example."

Etymology

From self- + police.

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