lawman

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law·man | \ ˈlȯ-mən

Definition of lawman

: a law-enforcement officer (such as a sheriff or marshal)

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Synonyms for lawman

Synonyms

bobby
[British],
bull
[slang],
constable
[chiefly British],
cop,
copper,
flatfoot
[slang],
fuzz,
gendarme,
officer,
police officer,
policeman,
shamus
[slang]

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 With Manger, the police force got a longtime lawman. — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2021 With Manger, the police force got a longtime lawman. — Michael Balsamo And Colleen Long, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2021 Escalante business owners allege the southern Utah lawman is merely trying to settle an old score against their son-in-law, a former police chief. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2021 Correa, 29, is accused of wounding the officer, whose name was not released, just after 10 a.m. Thursday after the lawman stopped a black Chrysler sedan that Correa was allegedly driving in the area of Black Mountain Road and Westview Parkway. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2021 Family duty sends a lawman to London to look for his mob-assassin brother as a yakuza war threatens to engulf Tokyo. — Andy Meek, BGR, 9 Sep. 2021 But the former lawman has probably moved too far to the right to have a chance in Democrat-heavy Milwaukee. — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2021 Bana’s character is one of his most fascinating — a seemingly calm lawman with a vengeful, even sadistic gleam in his eye. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 July 2021 Kevin Costner played lawman Eliot Ness, and Robert De Niro was gangster Al Capone. — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2020

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