underpolice

Etymology

From under- + police.

underpolice means To police too little. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

verb

To police too little.“They don’t differ in terms of arrests for violent crime and property crime. However, we find that Black officers make less arrests related to drug offenses. There is this underpolicing argument that you’re making for drug offenses.”