: a law-enforcement officer (such as a sheriff or marshal)
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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
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Filed on behalf of the Palmdale School District, the March 29 suit targets both Shelton and the Sheriff’s Department in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying the lawman should have seen that custodian Eric Rios clearly wasn’t fleeing and didn’t look anything like the suspect Shelton was chasing.
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Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The former lawman, Daniel Hersl, is serving an 18-year sentence in federal prison for racketeering convictions associated with the Gun Trace Task Force, the notoriously corrupt Baltimore Police unit that had several members indicted in 2017.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
Witnesses testified that the fatal shooting happened as the crew was setting up the camera angle for a close-up shot of Mr. Baldwin pulling an old-fashioned revolver from his holster as lawmen close in on him in a small wooden church.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
His retelling of the remarkable true story of the legendary lawman comes to a close in Sunday’s triumphant finale of Lawmen: Bass Reeves on Paramount+ — and with that, his third Golden Globes nomination for his performance as the noble hero grappling with the moral and spiritual cost of the badge.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2023
Dennis Quaid and Donald Sutherland also star in the show, which is part of an anthology series that will follow other iconic lawmen and outlaws in future seasons.
—Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
Reeves was renowned for making thousands of arrests in his 34-year career as a lawman.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Baldwin’s character was about to engage in a shootout with two actors portraying lawmen who were storming the church to nab Baldwin, who was playing a hardened outlaw named Harland Rust.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
The season finale of Justified: City Primeval ended on a massive cliffhanger after career lawman Raylan decided to retire early from being a Marshal to spend more time with his daughter Willa (played by Timothy's real-life 20-year-old daughter, Vivian Olyphant).
—EW.com, 18 Oct. 2023
Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The former lawman, Daniel Hersl, is serving an 18-year sentence in federal prison for racketeering convictions associated with the Gun Trace Task Force, the notoriously corrupt Baltimore Police unit that had several members indicted in 2017.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
Witnesses testified that the fatal shooting happened as the crew was setting up the camera angle for a close-up shot of Mr. Baldwin pulling an old-fashioned revolver from his holster as lawmen close in on him in a small wooden church.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
His retelling of the remarkable true story of the legendary lawman comes to a close in Sunday’s triumphant finale of Lawmen: Bass Reeves on Paramount+ — and with that, his third Golden Globes nomination for his performance as the noble hero grappling with the moral and spiritual cost of the badge.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2023
Dennis Quaid and Donald Sutherland also star in the show, which is part of an anthology series that will follow other iconic lawmen and outlaws in future seasons.
—Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
Reeves was renowned for making thousands of arrests in his 34-year career as a lawman.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Baldwin’s character was about to engage in a shootout with two actors portraying lawmen who were storming the church to nab Baldwin, who was playing a hardened outlaw named Harland Rust.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
The season finale of Justified: City Primeval ended on a massive cliffhanger after career lawman Raylan decided to retire early from being a Marshal to spend more time with his daughter Willa (played by Timothy's real-life 20-year-old daughter, Vivian Olyphant).
—EW.com, 18 Oct. 2023
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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawman. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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lawman
noun
law·man
ˈlȯ-mən 
: a law-enforcement officer (as a sheriff or marshal)
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