roscoe

Definition of roscoenext
slang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for roscoe
Noun
  • My dad, a police detective, made sure the Klansman saw his service revolver on his waist.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • Knoxville, who was writing an article that led him to test self-defense equipment by using various weapons on himself, fires a revolver at his own chest from point-blank range while wearing a bulletproof vest.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The man initially refused but signed after Pooh Shiesty allegedly pointed an AK-style pistol his head.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Prosecutors allege the pistol was used in a 2021 Chicago murder and later in the shooting of a rival gang member.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
    Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Zajko was arrested alongside LaSota and another person and charged with trespassing, resisting or interfering with an arrest, obstruction and carrying a handgun.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Law enforcement is believed to have drawn earlier clues from security footage capturing a masked man carrying a handgun outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.
    Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Officials said the gun violence took place from May 2025 to late April 2026 in a swath of the South Bronx.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 June 2026
  • The man had a gun and refused to drop it when ordered to by police, the sheriff said.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.
    cleveland, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
Noun
  • Also, demons—more specifically, the gat-wearing, hanbok-donning jeoseung saja, a kind of grim reaper tasked with guiding the dead to the afterlife in Korean mythology.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Don’t bring your lawyer, bring your gat or bring your clique, man.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
    Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Roscoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roscoe. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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