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Meaning of policify | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To subject to policification.

Examples

“[…], adequately funded , and limited in number so that the military does not become increasingly “policified." The military may also benefit from participation in international peacekeeping operations, which […]”
“[…]"policified" or the police officials "socialized" to the need for positive social reform is, of course, difficult to determine.”
“[…]a sheet with numerous (mug-shot) photographs. It looks very 'policified', if I can use that term.”
“But there are different rationales to policify the society. A recent experience of mine illustrates this new reality. The other day I traded on racial privilege in the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station. I saw these BART police, these paramilitary BART cops, who[…]”
“[…] police practices […] "policify" them [favelas]. Rather than normalizing notions of legality, or "prisonizing" the poor, police practices in favelas contribute to wider discourses of disorder and danger, and function as a mechanism by which social anxieties are[…]”
“We've talked a lot about the militarization of policing. This is probably best termed the criminalizing or policifying of school.”
“[…]"policified” version of what I had told him, using different terminology in places, and asked questions relevant to the satisfaction of established criminal law criteria. For example: 'did I feel threatened?' I was also asked to describe[…]”
“[…]"policified.” The two soldiers in the film therefore resemble security contractors more than they do infantrymen.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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