"moral policing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: moral policings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} moral policing (plural moral policings)
  1. (India) the act of enforcing one's own perceived moral standards on others. Tags: India
    Sense id: en-moral_policing-en-noun-rovljK-y Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} moral policing
  1. present participle and gerund of moral police Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: moral police
    Sense id: en-moral_policing-en-verb-Cf~-QVwa

Inflected forms

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