self-police
English
verb
Definitions
- To police and monitor amongst themselves without resorting to an external organisation.
Etymology
Affix from English police.
Origin
English
police
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Policespeak English
- antipolice English
- cyberpolice English
- nonpolice English
- parapolice English
- police English
- policeable English
- policeboat English
- policedom English
- policeism English
- policeless English
- policelike English
- policeman English
- policeperson English
- policer English
- policewoman English
- policework English
- policial English
- policiary English
- पुलिस Hindi
- polis Cebuano
- పోలీసు Telugu
- pulis Tagalog
- polis Malay
- ပုလိပ် Burmese
- police Middle French
- 波麗士 Chinese
- polisi Swahili
- iphoyisa Zulu
- polis Tok Pisin
- པུ་ལི་སི Tibetan
- pulis Bikol Central
- پوليس Pashto, Pushto
- borithi Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- pulísena Taos