patrolman

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Recent Examples of patrolman But the young patrolman already has a visitor, his worried mother. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025 Even though his father was a former patrolman, court papers say, the business was often extorted by a local gang called Barrio 18, which eventually began a campaign of threats and violence against the family. Alan Feuer, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 Yet Feeley kept his badge; he was simply demoted to patrolman after serving a mere 45-day suspension. Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025 Initially, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said patrolmen from law enforcement saw the drones. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for patrolman
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Noun
  • In 1935, Qassam and two of his followers ambushed a group of British Mandate policemen, murdering a Jewish sergeant.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The policeman asked where the shell was.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And when Emily begins her personal investigations, Detective Sam Wilner (Mooney), a smart local cop — with a crush on Emily that is not completely unrequited — begins to wonder if there's more to Emily than meets the eye.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Tom’s appointees on the task force include Lizzie (Alison Oliver), a state police officer who’s regularly tormented by her fellow cops, and Aleah (Thuso Mbedu), who wins over a suspect in interrogation by sharing awful details of her past.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI has hired Mike Liberatore, former finance chief at Elon Musk's xAI, to be the artificial intelligence startup's business finance officer, responsible for overseeing its massive infrastructure spending.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • According to police, 26 officers were injured during the demonstration in London and at least 25 arrests were made.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In episode 2, Amanda is admonished by a policewoman for doing the splits in the station.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.
    Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • What initially appeared to be a deadly injury from an ambush now appears to be an execution-style killing by a man folklore said was, and was immortalized in popular culture as, an upstanding lawman.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Told from the point of view of Ruffalo's lawman and the everyman (Tom Pelphry) who is surprisingly leading the robberies, the drama is seriously dark but also thoughtful and addictive.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Scott, McDonald and Neary were arrested, but Rackauckas and a Fullerton police detective persuaded Neary to testify against the other two men, according to the motion.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Reigle and her team tested about a dozen formulations and viscosities, playing detective to figure out where a whole host of issues was coming from.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a news conference on Tuesday evening, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed a 59-year-old detective, and a 35-year-old senior constable had been fatally shot, and another detective was seriously injured and being treated in hospital.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When authorities arrived at the residence, the constable's office said in a statement that Bryan had unsuccessfully attempted to flee out of a window.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Initial reports said the possible crash may have occurred near Summit Lake, the sheriff's office said.
    Jessica Gorman, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Amar Gandhi, a sheriff’s spokesperson, declined to respond to the new allegations made in Thimmhardy’s citizen complaint.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Patrolman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrolman. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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