as in policeman
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
as the rural county's chief lawman, the sheriff has to patrol a vast area with only minimal manpower
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Recent Examples of lawman
The comically macho lawman built his entire identity around the notion that the bad guys never beat him.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
Alex Breaux’s character, Wild Bill Hickman, was a notorious lawman and a member of this militia.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Though set in a coastal town, Lorenz’s film possesses all the hallmarks of a classic Western: the steady lawman (Ciarán Hinds), the helpful neighbor (Niamh Cusack), the outlaw friend (Colm Meaney), and the quick-trigger gunslinger (Jack Gleeson).
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Rust’s greatest deficiencies are in trying to thread a needle between its three connected plots — an outlaw, a lawman, and a bounty hunter that clearly leans toward The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — and a lead actor visibly shaken by his experiences.
—Nick Newman, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
Alex Breaux’s character, Wild Bill Hickman, was a notorious lawman and a member of this militia.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Though set in a coastal town, Lorenz’s film possesses all the hallmarks of a classic Western: the steady lawman (Ciarán Hinds), the helpful neighbor (Niamh Cusack), the outlaw friend (Colm Meaney), and the quick-trigger gunslinger (Jack Gleeson).
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Rust’s greatest deficiencies are in trying to thread a needle between its three connected plots — an outlaw, a lawman, and a bounty hunter that clearly leans toward The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — and a lead actor visibly shaken by his experiences.
—Nick Newman, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawman
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The comedy that launches the action—J’s meet-cute with a woman called Parm (Karen Black) while stealing her car—soon curdles into cruel absurdity as policemen (Ed Madsen and a young Robert De Niro) force J to become an informant.—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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Schumacher is a former policeman who created The Responder, the Martin Freeman-starring police drama that has been critically lauded.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2025
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Kids threw popcorn, cheered, and gave a standing ovation, refusing to settle down even as the lights came on and the cops showed up.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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The new season involves a prison break and follows a criminal group, the Phantom Gang, undertaking more daring heists while being pursued by the cops.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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Before working in the government, Anderson served as a pediatric critical care physician, the inaugural president of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco and chief medical officer of the University Hospitals Health System in Cleveland.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Chamberlain said only law enforcement officers testifying or those there on official capacity, like courtroom security, could wear uniforms.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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Last November, a jury rejected his claim that Nowland posed a threat and found the former senior constable guilty of breaching his duty of care by deploying his weapon against the elderly woman, who later died of her injuries.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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The constable’s office said the victim was flown to a hospital, where his condition is unknown.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Mar. 2025
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The victim was in the process of jumping when his parachute failed to open, the sheriff's office said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2025
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On Tuesday, the sheriff's office received the call about human remains in a body of water in Fayetteville and began working to identify the remains through DNA testing.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawman. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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