English
hyperpolice
From hyper- + police.
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- ‘fortification; city’
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Ancient Greek πολῑ́της ‘citizen’
Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ ‘citizenship; government’
Latin polītīa ‘state, government’
Middle French police ‘governance’
English police
Today it means
verb To police to an extreme and oppressive degree.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hyperpolice