POLICING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

policing 1 of 2

noun

as in monitoring

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policing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of police

as in governing

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Recent Examples of policing

Noun

The offenses range from non-law enforcement uses like stalking ex-partners to abusive policing tactics like aggressively following people across state lines to justify traffic stops. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026 None of this means license-plate-reading technology has no place in policing. — Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit also alleges a pattern of brutality and unconstitutional policing in Baltimore County and a lack of proper training of officers. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Los Altos Hills’ overhead fees are 125% of the direct cost of policing. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Commercial predictive policing technologies (which have largely been brought under ShotSpotter’s parent company SoundThinking’s umbrella) do little more than ratchet up racist overpolicing and offer bad predictions. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026 Both also found that local policing could produce better outcomes for less money. — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026 Crime, courts and policing A man falsely imprisoned for 18 years was exonerated of an Orange County robbery. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The Justice Department also opened a civil rights investigation after Massey’s death and later reached an agreement with Sangamon County, its sheriff’s office and other agencies requiring changes to policing and emergency response. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for policing

Noun

OpenAI halted some of its AI model training and is hardening its testing, monitoring and training protocols following the incident.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
CoreCivic also said Stewart is subject to regular oversight, including daily monitoring by ICE officials and announced and unannounced audits.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of monitoring

Verb

To achieve this, the locus coeruleus continuously alternates between tonic activity—governing baseline arousal and alertness—and brief phasic bursts that focus attention on critical events.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
The petitioners — Anthony Hernandez, Mary Jo Adams Hermann and an anonymous parent — claim the Sacramento school violated Catholic canon law, the church’s system of laws governing its institutions and members.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of governing

Noun

In surveillance video provided by police, two young men wearing hoodies, with their hoods up, and surgical-style face masks, are seen quickly ambling down the sidewalk.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of surveillance

Noun

Another win was with a European car maker that replaced its next-gen Endpoint Detection and Response, legacy SIEM, and legacy vulnerability management product with an eight-figure net-new Falcon Flex.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Florida is launching a new initiative to encourage more students to choose careers in emergency management, which the governor announced a week after a shakeup in leadership at the state’s Department of Emergency Management.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of management

Verb

One of the most striking details in Samsung's latest earnings report is that its operating profit significantly exceeded market expectations.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The command also released a video clip featuring images of military working dogs operating alongside US personnel at locations across the Middle East.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of operating

Noun

Official homeless counts show RV numbers plunging in this 400-square-mile expanse, but wild statistical swings and locals’ on-the-ground observations suggest serious miscounts and an illusory improvement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Since its establishment in 2025, the border task force has conducted tens of thousands of detection and monitoring patrols and thousands of observation flights, the task force said.

— Mike Stone, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of observation

Verb

Investors are also betting on a future DeepSeek listing in the mainland, said Wayne Shiong, managing partner at Argo Venture Partners, as the startup risks an exodus of senior engineers without financial incentives to stay.

— Anniek Bao,Elaine Yu, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
In addition to managing facilities, his other priorities include enacting policies or resources to ensure students are successful beyond graduation and focusing on student mental health and well-being.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026

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