Synonyms of policing

policing 1 of 2

noun

as in monitoring

Related Words

• monitoring
• surveillance
• management
• observation
• regulation
• observing
• supervision
• administration
• observance
• oversight
• stewardship
• control
• guidance
• leadership
• superintendence
• care
• superintendency
• government
• running
• steering
• headship
• direction
• generalship
• charge
• piloting
• protection
• rule
• shepherding
• reign
• hand(s)
• guardianship
• trusteeship
• auspices
• tutelage
• aegis

policing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of police

as in governing

Related Words

• governing
• regulating
• operating
• managing
• controlling
• conducting
• guiding
• directing
• presiding (over)
• stewarding
• administrating
• supervising
• protecting
• patrolling
• overseeing
• attending
• safeguarding
• watching
• superintending
• tending
• running
• guarding
• caring (for)
• shielding
• minding
• shepherding
• mothering
• babysitting
• chaperoning
• babying

Dissimilar Words

• ignoring
• abandoning
• forgetting
• neglecting
• disregarding
• passing over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of policing

Noun

Many law enforcement agencies use integrated tools such as facial recognition, gunshot detectors, predictive policing, drones and real-time crime centers that pull all this information into one central hub used by investigators. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 22 Aug. 2026

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilwoman Nithya Raman traded sharp attacks Wednesday night over homelessness, policing, housing, and the city’s struggling economy in the first major debate of the general election campaign. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Midterm races are heating up Karen Bass and Nithya Raman sparred over policing and homelessness in their first mayoral debate since June’s primary. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Algorithms have indeed been found to disadvantage Black people in hiring, healthcare, policing, lending, housing and other domains. — Shaun Harper, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Crime and policing were an inevitable part of the meetings, with discussions often focused on the entertainment district and the tight radius around the Charlotte Transportation Center. — Peter St Onge, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

The drone was intercepted by a Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

But interfaith leaders and researchers are encouraged by better policing and prosecution as well as the recent appointment of a government envoy to the Christian world, who is Greek Orthodox. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Deone Powell, a former general counsel for Vanguard Charitable who now advises nonprofits, said that DAF sponsors don’t view these moves as moral policing, but instead as ways of protecting their own brands. — Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2026