bluecoats

noun

plural of bluecoat
as in troopers

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  1. troopers
  2. gendarmes
  3. officers
  4. constables
  5. cops
  6. coppers
  7. policemen
  8. bobbies
Noun
  • The task force combining local law enforcement with the National Guard, state troopers, and several federal agencies was created with the promise of lowering the city’s crime rates.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
  • Despite this admonition, FHP loosened its chase policy two and a half years ago, freeing troopers to use PIT maneuvers to stop fleeing suspects.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Definition of troopers
Noun
  • Another 170 gendarmes, or law enforcement officers, have also been dispatched to the region to support the firefighting effort.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Enter Orsolya, who shows up at the door with some gendarmes and an official eviction notice and gives Ion twenty minutes to quit the premises.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of gendarmes
Noun
  • The same may be true for military personnel, law enforcement officers, commercial drivers or others who are subject to strict workplace drug-testing programs.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • For the last three decades, the division has investigated allegations of police misconduct, authority it was granted by Congress after the 1991 beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Department officers.
    — Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of officers
Noun
  • The woman was able to flee the scene and located deputy constables.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Troopers and Beacon Falls constables responded to the home and detained Drozdowski, state police said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
Definition of constables
Noun
  • Torres fell to the ground and the truck rolled over him before coming to a stop, cops said.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 July 2026
  • Some people, however, take more than others, with cops and crooks snagging the lion’s share while ordinary people divvy up the scraps.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
Definition of cops
Noun
  • Not all the coppers will turn out to be good — there are the corrupt and ambitious among them — but two are, Lena (Daryna Egorkina) and Oleksa (Valentyn Tomusiak), once trust has been established.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Golds, coppers, and rich emerald tones pop beautifully against melanin-rich skin.
    — Essence, Essence, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of coppers
Noun
  • My grand plan was to be one of the policemen in one of the episodes.
    — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
  • Disgruntled, the policemen stormed out of the house.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Definition of policemen
Noun
  • Dee is in his Springheel Jack costume, since London bobbies of that era would rather work with a mythical highwayman than a real Chinese man.
    — Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of bobbies
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