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police action

NOUN
intervention by law enforcement
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Opposition parties and sections of civil society rallied behind the protesters, while images of police action circulated widely online.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The government has also agreed not to pursue police action against protesters, the Cockroach Janta Party said in a social-media post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Decisions about where to draw the line determine when an algorithmic suspicion becomes a real-world police action, even though the public rarely sees or debates how those thresholds are set.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

However, Labour MP Liam Byrne, who chairs the committee said it would "begin gathering information immediately" so it would be ready to launch an inquiry if it decided to once police action had concluded.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

That evening, while he was cooking dinner, a quiet voice on the radio announced that Nigeria would embark on a police action to bring back the rebels of Biafra.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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