bobbies

noun

plural of bobby, British
as in policemen
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level asked a passing London bobby for directions

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Recent Examples of bobbies 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bobbies
  1. policemen
  2. cops
  3. officers
  4. constables
Noun
  • People began rioting in Los Angeles’ predominantly Black Watts neighborhood after a crowd watched White policemen forcefully subdue a Black man.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 28 July 2026
  • Over the weekend, dozens of plain-clothes policemen entered the protest site and dragged Wangchuk into an ambulance.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
Definition of policemen
Noun
  • Bronx prosecutors took his case all the way to a jury, which rejected the cops’ version of events and acquitted him, the Daily News reported at the time.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • At first, everyone assumes Ji-Seok is on an extended bender or hiding from the cops.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cops
Noun
  • The department said officers responded to a home Friday night in the area of South Main and Mann streets, where they were told that a man climbed through a window and assaulted someone who lives there.
    — Logan Hall, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Hegseth has aggressively moved to reshape the military's senior ranks, removing or sidelining more than two dozen senior officers, without explanation, including a number of women and minorities.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 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

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“Bobbies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobbies. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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