as in policeman
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Recent Examples of patrolman
After Shannon and Maggie’s deaths, Dennis Police Department Police Chief John Brady issued a statement on behalf of patrolman John Hubbard.
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Charna Flam, People.com, 21 Mar. 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
Caught in the middle of this controversy was Deputy Keith Farquhar, then a young patrolman.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2025
Once in the governor's office, the future president quickly changed the complexion of the state workforce, placing Blacks in 40 percent of influential positions, including boosting their number on Georgia boards from three to 53 and appointing the first Black state patrolman.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Charna Flam, People.com, 21 Mar. 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
Caught in the middle of this controversy was Deputy Keith Farquhar, then a young patrolman.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2025
Once in the governor's office, the future president quickly changed the complexion of the state workforce, placing Blacks in 40 percent of influential positions, including boosting their number on Georgia boards from three to 53 and appointing the first Black state patrolman.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrolman
Noun
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The Snitch and played a sympathetic policeman in the alien drama Glitch.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Bush came to office determined not to act as the global policeman.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Plaza plays a cop who Qualley has a passionate love affair with until things turn sour.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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Here, cops can decompress after a stressful event or take a brief time-out during a draining shift.—
Katja Ridderbusch,
NPR,
26 May 2025
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The person’s name was not made public, but he was identified as the ship’s second officer.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Occupations Spanberger worked on narcotics and money laundering cases as a federal law enforcement officer in the Postal Inspection Service and then at the CIA as a case officer.—
Morgan Kromer,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2025
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Amedy Coulibaly, an accomplice who killed a policewoman and four hostages in a kosher supermarket in Paris during the manhunt for the Kouachis, had been convicted five times for armed robbery.—
Diego Gambetta,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Mar. 2016
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Brady’s and Benson’s questioning styles vary greatly — Brady is fairly blunt, and Benson is all huggy-soft-voice-let-me-get-you-tea — and the two policewomen have it out during a break in questioning.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Richie tells the lawman that Harry is smart, but unhappy with his current employment with Conrad.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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The series will highlight the tense showdowns between lawmen and outlaws, the rise of cowboys and ranchers, the strength of pioneer women and the drive of abolitionists and fortune seekers who helped shape the American frontier.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Last week, prosecutors called their final witness, the Chicago police detective who was the lead investigator in the case.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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While genre fiction steadily advances onto bestseller lists, realism soldiers on, amid cyborgs and dragons and boozy detectives.—
Hamilton Cain,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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The victim went back to the police six months later, and local detective constable, Mike Smith, led an investigation into what exactly occurred.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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Law enforcement agencies would have to create department files on any employee holding a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement license, which includes police, sheriff’s deputies, constables, corrections officers and others.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
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Two days later, police in Iowa reached out to deputies in Tennessee to say a missing 13-year-old may be in Jefferson County, according to the sheriff’s office.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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The grandmother was being held on a $160,000 bond, while her daughter was held on a $105,000 bond, according to the sheriff’s office.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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“Patrolman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrolman. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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