overpoliced

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ policed.

Adjective

overpoliced (comparative more overpoliced, superlative most overpoliced)

1. Excessively policed.
   • 2015 August 12, Michael Kimmelman, “David Simon and Cory Booker on ‘Show Me a Hero’ and the Future of Cities”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated.

Verb

overpoliced

1. simple past and past participle of overpolice