Definitions
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- adjective That can be
policed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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National Commissioner Jackie Selebi, in referring to more policeable crimes, had written, "The monitoring of the decreases and increases of these crimes will, consequently, serve as a fair indication of the success achieved by conventional policing on its own".
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The number of police officers has been allowed to drop and it is no surprise that at the same time crimes the police themselves define as "more policeable crimes" have soared, Democratic Alliance
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The Aussies's tried something similar I believe but found it un-policeable/enforceable.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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If you don’t like that answer, choose any other such that the number of criminals it creates is policeable by a government you’d support.
Bits Debate: Should Internet Providers Block Copyrighted Works? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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"I don't think these were meant to be policeable offences.
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