To
police, or to patrol like a policeman. Back formation from constabulary and constable (
Police station and policeman, in Great
Britain)
The Wire, S01E07:
Omar
said 'lf l was hunting Mr Bird, l would consider
the
best package to be the red
Dilly that's over there in Carrollton. That's if l happened to be *constabulating* like y'all.'
(Constabulating = continuous form of constabulate, an intransitive, dynamic verb)