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

Oil can be produced, taxed, regulated, and wound down on a schedule, without being sold to a saver as a contribution to the energy transition.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Currently, the only product that is regulated federally with date labels is infant formula.

— Olga R. Rodriguez, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Definition of regulated

Verb

For many companies, the future of AI won’t be determined by the capabilities of the systems, but how they’re governed.

— Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
China says Tibet has been part of its territory for more than seven centuries, and its Communist Party has governed the Himalayan region since 1951.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of governed

Verb

Envioscuba uses warehouses controlled by GAESA, the conglomerate run by Cuba's military that was recently sanctioned, according to the Associated Press.

— Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Britain controlled Florida from 1763 until the territory was returned to Spain at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, a period of 20 years.

— Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of controlled

Verb

Luis Mauricio Flores Ordonez, 33, was charged with owning an unregistered aircraft that was operated by another person.

— Kelly O'Donnell, NBC news, 5 July 2026
For days, the US and its fans had operated under the assumption that there was no mechanism for the striker to have his suspension erased.

— Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of operated

Verb

The Phillies loaded the bases with two outs in the second, and after fouling off several Chandler pitches, Crawford took another late swipe and managed to hit one down the third base line off the end of the bat.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
In addition, problems at large banks — the failure of which could cause systemic issues — can be managed better if those banks have a larger cushion of reserves to draw on, either to get through a difficult period or to be resolved.

— Bill English, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

The project also included heavy-ion radiation testing conducted by NASA to evaluate the platform’s resilience for orbital and lunar missions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
The commander of the NC13 strike UGV company in the 3rd Assault Brigade told the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi in December that his unit has already conducted offensive operations using multiple armed robots simultaneously.

— David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of conducted

Verb

King concluded that Saulter was in a conspiracy to get King removed from office, and directed Arriola to view recordings of other cameras in the office to determine who was entering the offices of Saulter and Goodloe.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Residents were directed to leave via Mount Aukum Road, traveling either north to Pleasant Valley Road or south to Four Corners.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of directed

Verb

Whether the future is guided by a more centralized federal framework or a complex matrix of state-level consumer protections, the race to a multi-billion-dollar digital overhaul is already well underway.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Successful catalog design must be guided by response rates, sales results, and margins.

— Sharon Daniels, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026