单词 | policedom |
释义 | policedomn. The police collectively; the system or practice of policing. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > system of policedom1858 policemanism1891 1858 Times 3 June 8/3 They sympathize with us in the matter of passports, visés, espionage, and excessive policedom. 1866 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 Sept. 608/1 Of Antoine the imperturbable, when he returned home,..policedom could make nothing. 1892 Argosy May 380 He is one of the sleuth hounds of policedom. 1927 Warren (Pa.) Morning Mirror 1 July 9/2 A series of articles..on the atrocity of policedom in Russia. 2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Feb. b2/4 In the upper echelons of policedom, Dr. Fyfe's position was startling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858 |
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