单词 | policed |
释义 | policedadj.ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > orderly of state or society well-ruleda1387 civil1581 policied1596 at (a) quiet1603 policed1603 unrioted1627 untumultuated1659 policized1840 eunomic1952 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. ii. 199 Amongst the best policed and formalest nations. 1635 W. Lambarde & T. Lambarde Archeion (new ed.) 65 The necessitie of an Officer of this sort is inevitable in every well-polliced Kingdome. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 197 This powerfull and so well policed Commonwealth. 1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 734 As when, with Alfred, from the wilds she came To polic'd cities and protected plains. 1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 104/2 Such a dispersion was little promotive of trade, which loves large and policed communities. 1858 M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 39 To this policed society the old ‘social contract’ theory strictly applied. 2. Provided with or guarded by a police force. In extended use: regulated or monitored by a designated body. Frequently as the second element in compounds, as heavily-policed, etc. (see also well-policed adj. 2). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > [adjective] > furnished with police policed1826 1826 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 442 How..a country where men gouge, and stab, and shoot..should have policed cities, and well dressed women. 1897 All About Diamond Jubilee 58/1 London will be probably the best policed city in the world on June 22nd. 1938 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 6/3 As the heavily-policed funeral was marched down the street every window was flung open and red flowers showered down. 1962 Western Kansas Press 8 Nov. 4/3 Ours is the most policed industry in the nation. 1995 G. Vidal Palimpsest 101 The traditional hysteria about same-sexuality ran its usual course in the well-policed army camps Stateside. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603 |
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