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
There’s Wyatt Earp, the mustachioed Old West lawman.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Who was this irritant who had eluded the most sophisticated lawmen in the country, thanks to the triviality of his crimes?
—David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The now-former lawman was among the Kentucky sheriffs examined in a recent Courier Journal investigation on sheriffs who remained in office despite criminal charges or convictions.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Who was this irritant who had eluded the most sophisticated lawmen in the country, thanks to the triviality of his crimes?
—David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The now-former lawman was among the Kentucky sheriffs examined in a recent Courier Journal investigation on sheriffs who remained in office despite criminal charges or convictions.
—Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawman
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Beijing has been quick to denounce Maduro’s capture, condemning Washington for behaving like the world’s policeman.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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And Ahmed al-Ahmed, who came to Australia from Syria in 2006, a former policeman who now owns a fruit stand at Bondi Beach, tackled one of the gunmen and wrenched the rifle from him, even as he was wounded himself.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
20 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Would a racist cop murder him later that afternoon in a traffic stop?—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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During the course of deliberately ramming the cop car, the teen’s vehicle was rendered inoperable.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Taking on the city of Minneapolis in the George Floyd case was challenging, but Romanucci acknowledges this case – suing the United States government for the conduct of an immigration officer – is harder.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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The officer grabs Pretti’s hand to bring it behind his back, and deploys the pepper spray canister again and then pushes Pretti away.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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In 2024, the county commissioners—who, according to Brandon, tend to defer to his uncle—voted to cut the constable’s salary from roughly a hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars a year to roughly thirty-one thousand dollars.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Two men have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s shooting outside a club in North Austin that left an off-duty constable dead and police with questions about the area’s safety, officials said in a Monday press conference.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Jan. 2026
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Nonresidents may apply to any Minnesota county sheriff's office.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The county sheriff followed procedure and contacted ICE when the subject posted bail, but ICE agents were too busy wreaking havoc in the Twin Cities to do their actual job and pick the prisoner up.—
Karen Cortes,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawman. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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