as in cop
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
reported the crime to the nearest policeman
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Recent Examples of policeman
Fox said she’s become a policeman looking under desks to see if students are on their phones during class time even with the policy in place.
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Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
The deceased is a white policeman in 1996 Johannesburg.
—Violet Kupersmith, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The killers included white policemen, sheriffs, businessmen, even a legislator—all part of the Jim Crow system aimed at disenfranchising Black voters.
—Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Johnson further sent a thousand military policemen and two thousand Army troops to escort the march.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
The deceased is a white policeman in 1996 Johannesburg.
—Violet Kupersmith, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The killers included white policemen, sheriffs, businessmen, even a legislator—all part of the Jim Crow system aimed at disenfranchising Black voters.
—Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Johnson further sent a thousand military policemen and two thousand Army troops to escort the march.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for policeman
Noun
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Police are searching for a crook who pilfered an elderly woman’s purse from her pew at a church in Brooklyn, cops said Friday.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
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Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness said Wednesday that the escalating gang crisis in Haiti has reached a point that demands a rapid increase in the number of cops and equipment for the Haiti National Police to battle gangs that are on the verge of taking over the capital.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The two major cost drivers for overtime were an insufficient number of corrections officers to fill mandatory posts and overtime required to take inmates outside prisons for medical care, including hospital stays.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
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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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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“Policeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policeman. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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