unpoliced
adjective
un·po·liced
ˌən-pə-ˈlēst 
: not controlled or regulated by or as if by police : not policed
a largely unpoliced part of town
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Libya’s remote beaches, increasingly unpoliced, have been swamped with migrants headed for Europe.
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Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
Now thousands of black-hatted and black-clothed Haredim were gathering in Jerusalem for his funeral procession, unmasked and unpoliced, creating a stark visual record of what seemed certain to become a superspreader event.
—New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
But it was made easier by a system that is largely unpoliced and ripe for exploitation: the conferring of special admissions status to nonscholarship athletes.
—Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2019
Brilinta fits a pattern of what might be called pay-later conflicts of interest, which have gone largely unnoticed—and entirely unpoliced.
—Charles Piller, Science | AAAS, 5 July 2018
An investigative report by Science has uncovered unpoliced potential conflicts of interest among members of Food and Drug Administration drug-review advisory panels.
—Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 6 July 2018
The clustering of higher-risk brokers underscores regulator worries about the largely unpoliced market.
—Coulter Jones, WSJ, 24 June 2018
But the Taliban has long been entrenched in the province, operating freely in remote and unpoliced areas.
—Sharif Hassan, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
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Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
Now thousands of black-hatted and black-clothed Haredim were gathering in Jerusalem for his funeral procession, unmasked and unpoliced, creating a stark visual record of what seemed certain to become a superspreader event.
—New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
But it was made easier by a system that is largely unpoliced and ripe for exploitation: the conferring of special admissions status to nonscholarship athletes.
—Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2019
Brilinta fits a pattern of what might be called pay-later conflicts of interest, which have gone largely unnoticed—and entirely unpoliced.
—Charles Piller, Science | AAAS, 5 July 2018
An investigative report by Science has uncovered unpoliced potential conflicts of interest among members of Food and Drug Administration drug-review advisory panels.
—Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, 6 July 2018
The clustering of higher-risk brokers underscores regulator worries about the largely unpoliced market.
—Coulter Jones, WSJ, 24 June 2018
But the Taliban has long been entrenched in the province, operating freely in remote and unpoliced areas.
—Sharif Hassan, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
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“Unpoliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpoliced. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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