patrolman

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for patrolman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrolman
Noun
  • The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • On the night of Oct. 6, 2016, Kardashian was by herself in her room at the No Address Hotel in Paris when five men dressed as policemen broke in, tied up her feet and hands and gagged her before putting her in a bathtub.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Plaza plays a cop who Qualley has a passionate love affair with until things turn sour.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 May 2025
  • Here, cops can decompress after a stressful event or take a brief time-out during a draining shift.
    Katja Ridderbusch, NPR, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Related Articles Nielsen, Verisk and Accenture alum Laurie Lovett is Sol de Janeiro’s new chief people and impact officer.
    Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
  • Ukrainian fighter jets have struck a base belonging to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Belgorod region, killing intelligence officers, according to a report.
    Isabel van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Richie tells the lawman that Harry is smart, but unhappy with his current employment with Conrad.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
  • 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
  • Sacramento County sheriff’s detectives are searching for a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a man Sunday night outside a pub in Fair Oaks.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025
  • The woman showed detectives her call history and a text thread with Stumph, confirming her statement, court records said.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The Center Township constable's office has made headlines in recent years because of scandals surrounding former constable Denise Hatch.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 4 Jun. 2025.

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