policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlēs-mən 
1
: a member of a police force
2
: one held to resemble a policeman
making the United States the policeman for the whole wide world—
R. B. Long
R. B. LongExamples of policeman in a Sentence
reported the crime to the nearest policeman
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The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
On the night of Oct. 6, 2016, Kardashian was by herself in her room at the No Address Hotel in Paris when five men dressed as policemen broke in, tied up her feet and hands and gagged her before putting her in a bathtub.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 13 May 2025
The second Trump administration looks set to entirely do away the role of world policeman, and cynics might say, replace it with the role for rent collector.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
His son Flávio had been found to be paying a salary to the wife and the mother of a fugitive policeman who was wanted for running a murder-for-hire operation.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
On the night of Oct. 6, 2016, Kardashian was by herself in her room at the No Address Hotel in Paris when five men dressed as policemen broke in, tied up her feet and hands and gagged her before putting her in a bathtub.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 13 May 2025
The second Trump administration looks set to entirely do away the role of world policeman, and cynics might say, replace it with the role for rent collector.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
His son Flávio had been found to be paying a salary to the wife and the mother of a fugitive policeman who was wanted for running a murder-for-hire operation.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for policeman
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“Policeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policeman. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlē-smən
Medical Definition
policeman
noun
po·lice·man
pə-ˈlēs-mən
plural policemen
-mən
: an instrument (as a flat piece of rubber on a glass rod) for removing solids from a vessel (as a beaker)
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