policing

English

Noun

policing (countable and uncountable, plural policings)

1. Monitoring or regulation.
2. Patrolling by the police.
3. Maintenance of public order.

Derived terms

• broken windows policing
• tone policing

 

Translations

monitoring or regulation

• Hungarian: ellenőrzés (hu), felügyelet (hu)
• Italian: vigilanza (it) f, controllo (it) m
• Portuguese: vigilância (pt)
• Spanish: vigilancia (es) f

patrolling by the police

• Greek: αστυνόμευση (el) f (astynómefsi)
• Italian: pattugliamento (it) m, polizia (it) f
• Portuguese: patrulha (pt)
• Spanish: patrullaje m

maintenance of public order

• Hungarian: rendészet (hu), rendfenntartás (hu)
• Portuguese: policiamento

See also

• law and order

Verb

policing

1. present participle and gerund of police
   • 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:

     The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.