as in policeman
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident
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Recent Examples of police officer
Some of those involved had pleaded guilty, others were convicted of assaulting police officers, and some were charged with seditious conspiracy.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Three wreaths will be placed at Burnsville City Hall on Feb. 18, the day that police officer Paul Elmstrand, police officer Matthew Ruge and firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth were killed last year.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
The titular security professional, as this loquacious young man thinks of himself, guards a Manhattan residential building on the graveyard shift when trouble, in the shape of two police officers, comes walking into his lobby.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
In court: Australia captain Sam Kerr is on trial this week for an offense of causing racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress of a police officer.
—Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Three wreaths will be placed at Burnsville City Hall on Feb. 18, the day that police officer Paul Elmstrand, police officer Matthew Ruge and firefighter/paramedic Adam Finseth were killed last year.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
The titular security professional, as this loquacious young man thinks of himself, guards a Manhattan residential building on the graveyard shift when trouble, in the shape of two police officers, comes walking into his lobby.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
In court: Australia captain Sam Kerr is on trial this week for an offense of causing racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress of a police officer.
—Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for police officer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for police officer
Noun
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Northern policemen such as Philadelphia constable George Alberti, who actually lived not far from Still, profited by moonlighting as a kidnapper for the plantation economy.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Jan. 2025
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Americans are said to be tired of being the world’s policeman, and who can blame them.—
Margaret MacMillan,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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If state lawmakers approve the proposal, Simpson would become the state’s chief immigration officer and would oversee how local and state law enforcement agencies enforce Trump’s immigration agenda.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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Darwin Gomez, 20, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in July for kicking one of the officers and received a 364-day jail term.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The bloodshed came less than three hours after 15-year-old Heath Campbell was shot in the head and a 16-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder about a mile away — on E. 93rd St. near Rutland Road in East Flatbush — just before 3:35 p.m., cops said.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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The iconic cop show adapted from The Wire creator David Simon’s book was recently remastered in HD and UHD by NBC and Fremantle, launching on Peacock last year and comprising a major part of Fremantle’s MIPCOM catalog.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2025
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On Friday, as residents gathered at the Bilal mosque for afternoon prayers, several constables, sheriff’s deputies and private security guards stood watch.—
Edgar Sandoval,
New York Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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The budget also covers the Health Department, sheriff's office, circuit court divisions, prosecuting attorney, coroner, constables, Office of Emergency Management, museum, Veterans Services and Cooperative Extension.—
Eplunus Colvin,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Police officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20officer. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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