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

Jason Trost Smarkets founder The first choice, though, would be for Smarkets to run as a prediction markets exchange regulated under the CFTC, Trost said.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
This rule finds that because national banks — which are regulated by the federal government — have the power to set their terms, only the federal government can weigh in on those terms.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of regulated

Verb

The department exists to preserve some semblance of equal justice in the United States — imperfectly, haltingly, often overbearingly for some and cautiously for others — and help ensure that the nation is governed by the rule of law.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Additionally, the bill would group private detention facilities with licensed behavioral health facilities already governed by strict state operating guidelines.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of governed

Verb

The now 34-year-old claimed that Debra controlled every aspect of her personal and financial life until her mother died due to cancer in 2013.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The siblings’ father, Jerry Buss, controlled the team from 1979 until his death in 2013.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of controlled

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Charter schools are public schools and receive public funding, but they are privately operated under district oversight.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Disney will also provide operational oversight though the new park will be operated by Miral which is contracting Disney's Imagineers – architects named after their imaginative use of engineering – to design it.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of operated

Verb

Harston is also one of the Screaming Marys, a performance collective managed by Screaming Alley, which regularly hosts workshops in everything from burlesque to lip-syncing – and previously did Jackson’s drag king course.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Those came when Madrid’s Champions League match at Benfica (then managed by Mourinho) was stopped after the Brazilian alleged opposition winger Gianluca Prestianni racially abused him.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

The league's anti-hate committee was formed last year to deal with hateful and abusive online comments directed at players and the league.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
In July, the parliament directed Energy Minister Opiyo Wandayi to develop a policy for renegotiating electricity supply agreements with major power producers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of directed

Verb

The empty space—guided by our needs—will probably house a reading nook, or the dining room table will move over to give more room to the walkways in the corner.

— Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 20 Aug. 2026
But Smith guided a third strike that Bailey watched into the glove.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026