单词 | police harassment |
释义 | > as lemmaspolice harassment police harassment n. persistent questioning or intimidation of a person by the police, esp. with little justification. ΚΠ 1930 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 18 Nov. 2/7 Sammons..had been prevented by police harassment from earning an honest living. 1970 D. Goldrich et al. in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. v. 180 El Espíritu was invaded in 1962, an act met by the government with both police harassment and army attack on the squatters' huts. 2002 Voice 4 Nov. 26/2 The continual police harassment of black youth under the old Vagrancy Act of 1824, better known as the ‘sus’ laws. < as lemmas |
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