: a law-enforcement officer (such as a sheriff or marshal)
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Wyatt Earp was a famous American lawman of the Wild West.
as the rural county's chief lawman, the sheriff has to patrol a vast area with only minimal manpower
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In the time this took, and despite the lawmen’s exhaustive searching, the culprit got away.
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Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
For our story about a Texas lawman’s two-year quest to criminally charge school librarians over the books on their shelves, Tyler Kingkade and I obtained the officer’s 821-page investigative file and videos of his attempts to question librarians.
—Kaylah Jackson, NBC News, 24 July 2024
Mayor Karen Bass selects longtime lawman Jim McDonnell as L.A.’s next police chief
In selecting McDonnell, Bass is getting a steady hand as the massive security challenges of the World Cup and the Olympic Games loom on the horizon.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
The interviews add context about how the Civil War, the banking industry and a salacious press corps fueled tensions between the lawmen and outlaws in territorial Arizona.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
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Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
For our story about a Texas lawman’s two-year quest to criminally charge school librarians over the books on their shelves, Tyler Kingkade and I obtained the officer’s 821-page investigative file and videos of his attempts to question librarians.
—Kaylah Jackson, NBC News, 24 July 2024
Mayor Karen Bass selects longtime lawman Jim McDonnell as L.A.’s next police chief
In selecting McDonnell, Bass is getting a steady hand as the massive security challenges of the World Cup and the Olympic Games loom on the horizon.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
The interviews add context about how the Civil War, the banking industry and a salacious press corps fueled tensions between the lawmen and outlaws in territorial Arizona.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawman. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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lawman
noun
law·man
ˈlȯ-mən 
: a law-enforcement officer (as a sheriff or marshal)
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