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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The detection and prevention of dangerous, inappropriate, or illegal acts without use of an external authority.

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Examples

  • Boat owners report maintenance issues, are self-policing, ensuring the uninitiated respect the waterway.

    Letters: Tales from the Olympic towpath 2011

  • Making It Public The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street's self-policing organization, has been broadening the scope of information about securities-industry professionals available to investors through its free BrokerCheck service at www.finra.org/brokercheck .

    Digging Up Dirt. And Deciphering It. Suzanne Barlyn 2011

  • The notion is essentially self-policing peer pressure.

    Lessons From the Gulf 2011

  • Conservatives advocated for a deregulated, self-policing market on that grounds that businesses would make decisions in their own financial interest without being held back by the hated nanny state.

    Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers 2009

  • Keep in mind that it is a wiki - so self-policing and prone to errors when content is first posted.

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • Lambda Legal argued that the government's continued enforcement of "don't ask, don't tell" "exacts an intolerably high cost" on the mental and physical health of gay and lesbian service members because they "must remain on constant high alert, self-policing every word, gesture, and glance that could arouse suspicion regarding their sexual orientation."

    'Don't ask, don't tell' appeals process continues Ed O 2010

  • But who will guard against the guardians when self-policing and professional responsibility fail?

    Big, Bad Wulff Josef Joffe 2012

  • Keep in mind that it is a wiki - so self-policing and prone to errors when content is first posted.

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • Keep in mind that it is a wiki - so self-policing and prone to errors when content is first posted.

    SWINE FLU 2009

  • Conservatives advocated for a deregulated, self-policing market on that grounds that businesses would make decisions in their own financial interest without being held back by the hated nanny state.

    Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers 2009

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