POLICED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

policed

verb

past tense of police

as in regulated

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Recent Examples of policed Since the civil-rights era, the federal government has policed the police, ensuring oversight after brutality is carried out by people wearing badges, whether in Selma in 1965 or Minneapolis in 2020. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for policed

Verb

California is seen as one of the key battlegrounds for how the technology is regulated across the country.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
And in a public letter released earlier this week, more than 1,000 AI staffers across leading firms called for the industry to be more tightly regulated.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of regulated

Verb

Anadolu via Getty Images The 1973 framework that governed Iraqi crude through Turkey is over.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The two women governed as allies through much of Bass’s first term, making Raman’s decision to challenge the incumbent all the more startling.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026

Definition of governed

Verb

Its infrared search and track data fed directly into an onboard AI agent that controlled the X-62A and guided it into tactical intercept positions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Every woman, child, and man alive was out here grinding all day every day except on Lincoln’s Birthday in death-trap packing plants controlled by a five-man syndicate called the Beef Trust.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of controlled

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Citizen tips and information from Airway Heights police officers and Spokane County sheriff’s deputies who responded to the initial call and conducted evacuations helped lead investigators to Farinacci, the sheriff’s office said.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Earlier tests establish technical foundation The fabrication program follows accelerated irradiation tests conducted at Idaho National Laboratory’s Advanced Test Reactor in the United States.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of conducted

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On matchdays, supporters are funnelled away from it — directed along longer routes, past new apartment blocks from the post-Olympic regeneration.

— Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The representative directed the Statesman to Costco’s list of upcoming openings, which included multiple stores planned to open in August and one in October, but no mention of a Meridian store.

— Rose Evans August 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 Aug. 2026