Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-police

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: self--po-lice
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Example Sentences

"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.

Inflected Forms

self-polices (present, singular) self-policing (participle, present) self-policed (participle, past) self-policed (past)

Questions

What does self-police mean?: To police and monitor amongst themselves without resorting to an external organisation.
Where does self-police come from?: From self- + police.

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