overpolice

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ police

Verb[edit]

overpolice (third-person singular simple present overpolices, present participle overpolicing, simple past and past participle overpoliced)

  1. To police too much, as by patrolling a neighborhood excessively or meting out a punishment incommensurate to the severity of a crime.