unpoliced

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ policed.

Adjective

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unpoliced (not comparable)

  1. Not policed; not subject to effective regulation
    • 2009 January 11, Frank Rich, “Eight Years of Madoffs”, in New York Times[1]:
      � The $50 billion also pales next to other sums that remain unaccounted for in the Bush era, from the $345 billion in lost tax revenue due to unpoliced offshore corporate tax havens to the far-from-transparent disposition of some $350 billion in Wall Street bailout money.

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