Underpolice

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To police too little. transitive

    "They don’t differ in terms of arrests for violent crime and property crime. However, we find that Black officers make less arrests related to drug offenses. There is this underpolicing argument that you’re making for drug offenses."

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"They don’t differ in terms of arrests for violent crime and property crime. However, we find that Black officers make less arrests related to drug offenses. There is this underpolicing argument that you’re making for drug offenses."

Etymology

From under- + police.

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