policeman

noun

po·lice·man pə-ˈlēs-mən

Synonyms of policeman next

: a member of a police force

: one held to resemble a policeman

making the United States the policeman for the whole wide world—

R. B. Long

Example Sentences

reported the crime to the nearest policeman

Recent Examples on the Web Al-Khatib gets on the phone as the visitors argue with the officers amid the crackle of the policeman's walkie-talkie. —

Isabel Debre, ajc, 17 Jan. 2023 As infections spread, violence — and paranoia — grows more rampant, but a policeman's (Do Won Kwak) investigation soon becomes personal when his only daughter (Kim Hwan-hee) begins to harbor symptoms. —

Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 Then came Memorial Day, and George Floyd's death under a policeman's knee, and a new, urgent need to find these young Black men a place and a purpose. —

Star Tribune, 13 Feb. 2021 His father was a policeman and his mother was a former cook. —

Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2022 Attorneys for the family of a man who was shot and killed by a Huntsville policeman argued in federal court today that the city protects officers who use excessive force. —

Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2022 Kravchenko said of the 327 murder victims in Bucha his office has documented, just three were soldiers and one was a policeman. —

Erika Kinetz, ajc, 25 July 2022 Kravchenko said of the 327 murder victims in Bucha his office has documented, just three were soldiers and one was a policeman. —

Erika Kinetz, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2022 The former Texas policeman who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in her home has been convicted of manslaughter. —

Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022 See More

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