Alternative form of policeism

An ideology or political practice that favors extensive, especially oppressive, policing.

(derogatory) Insistence that another party in a discussion adopts an unconfrontational or relaxed attitude.

present participle of tone police

present participle of self-police

The practice of assigning police resources to deal with otherwise unattended urban decay, suggested by broken windows theory.

A peace officer who is a member of a police force.

An imaginary police force that ensures that people dress according to fashion.

A police force operating in secrecy and outside the normal boundaries of law and hidden from the public, usually in support of a totalitarian government's political policies to suppress political dissent through the use of methods including intimidation, violence, and surveillance.

(chiefly Britain, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police; a few original boxes still exist in Britain, but they do not operate. The city of Glasgow in Scotland has new police boxes, which are not booths but computerised kiosks, that connect the caller to a police CCTV control-room operator.