单词 | policemanship |
释义 | > as lemmaspoˈlicemanship poˈlicemanship n. the function, office, or action of a policeman. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > office of or fact of being policemanship1837 policing1894 1837 Times 22 May 3/5 The following specimen of Tipperary policemanship, under the new act, was..investigated. 1897 A. Herbert in Daily News 30 Aug. 5/7 One thing we have to resist is the growth of that ugliest of all ugly things, which goes by the name of ‘policemanship’. 1991 P. Fussell BAD 190 That widespread conviction has justified the American habit of not relinquishing its moral policemanship of such former colonies as Panama and the Philippines. < as lemmas |
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