Definition of LAWMAN

Examples of lawman in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web Today marks a changing of the guard at the Calera Police Department with the longtime chief leaving and new veteran lawman stepping in. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, "Longtime Calera police chief retires; veteran federal lawman tapped as new top cop," 4 May 2020 As some popular accounts — including the 1993 movie Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell — would have it, Wyatt and his older brother Virgil had forsaken their previous profession as lawmen, but that’s not exactly true. — Dallas News, "Famous Old West feud comes to life in ‘Tombstone’," 21 Apr. 2020 The movie explores the complicated personal and professional lives of the hard-nosed, not-always-heroic lawman played with passion by DiCaprio. 11. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "'The Basketball Diaries' turns 25: Every Leonardo DiCaprio movie, definitively ranked," 20 Apr. 2020 With the help of investigative journalist Dessie Leonard (Cush Jumbo) and some fellow lawmen, Jacob uncovers a pattern of macabre murders, each preceded by the arrival of a mysterious postcard. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Art and trash trip over each other in ‘The Postcard Killings’," 12 Mar. 2020 The US Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday refused a request by the former top lawman in Maricopa County, Ariz., to erase his guilty verdict for defying a judge’s orders related to his crackdown on undocumented immigrants. — Peter Blumberg, BostonGlobe.com, "Trump pardon won’t remove sheriff Joe Arpaio’s guilty verdict," 27 Feb. 2020 Louisville Courier Journal Before rifle-toting lawmen burst into a Times Square hotel room to arrest him, Christian Dawkins says he was offered a deal. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "HBO college basketball corruption documentary leaves Rick Pitino largely unscathed," 1 Apr. 2020 Valadez told lawmen the bodies were moved in the white truck. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, "Son convicted of capital murder in parents’ Blount County slayings," 16 Mar. 2020 The fraudster told the victim he was wanted in Texas on drug-trafficking charges and that in order to clear up the warrant, the victim would need to buy gift cards and turn over the numbers to the phony lawman. — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, "Woman faces OVI charge after car strikes utility pole: Westlake Police Blotter," 7 Mar. 2020

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