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police magistrated adj. Softened by drink into passing sentence on petty pub offences with surprising ceremony. Amoi got police magistrated and fined a mate one crisp for interrupting darts. police manned adj. Drunk since last orders, and behaving like the sole officer responsible for guarding the bar. police officed adj. Sharpened by drink into regarding the lavatory corridor as an official place of business. police officered adj. Loosened by drink into offering peacekeeping services between the bar and the smoking shelter. police positived adj. Emboldened by drink to treat the bar towel as a service weapon and every dispute as manageable. police powered adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a council debate over whether the pub remains open. Kip got police powered and took ten minutes to decide between bitter and lager. police proceduraled adj. Drunk and conducting the evening in numbered stages, despite knowing the culprit from the outset. police protectioned adj. Drunk to the point where every unattended pint has been placed under personal guard. police recorded adj. Drunk enough to keep a detailed account of the evening, including offences committed by the furniture. Ado got police recorded and logged the chair's failure to remain beneath him. police reported adj. Drunk past the point of conversation, and formally documenting each interruption for later action. Ceri-ann got police reported and filed a complaint about the jukebox's repeated chorus. police scannered adj. Drunk beyond ordinary conversation, receiving every murmur in the pub as an urgent transmission. Kendryck got police scannered and answered a whispered darts score from across the room. police scienced adj. Of a drinker who has reduced criminology, forensics and jurisprudence to a firm opinion about the kebab queue. Zinedine got police scienced and began cross-examining the kebab vendor about the missing chilli sauce. police search advisored adj. Drunk and applying systematic search methodology — primary areas, search patterns, assigned sectors — to the location of a coat that is, in fact, being worn. police sergeanted adj. A drinker so far gone that he supervises the room's officers, despite having misplaced his own shoes. police serviced adj. The state of being drunk and treating the entire pub as a public institution requiring your attention. police sketched adj. The condition of a drinker who resembles an identikit assembled from increasingly doubtful recollections. Mckinlea looked police sketched after several drinks, familiar in every feature and accurate in none.