as in officer
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
reported the crime to the local constable
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Recent Examples of constable
In 2024, the county commissioners—who, according to Brandon, tend to defer to his uncle—voted to cut the constable’s salary from roughly a hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars a year to roughly thirty-one thousand dollars.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Two men have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s shooting outside a club in North Austin that left an off-duty constable dead and police with questions about the area’s safety, officials said in a Monday press conference.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
Two officers were wounded in the attack, including 22-year-old probationary constable Jack Hibbert who sustained bullet wounds to the head and shoulder in the attack, and has lost the sight in one of his eyes.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Two officers, a constable and probationary constable, suffered gunshot wounds in the attack, the force said earlier.
—Jackie Zhou, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Two men have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s shooting outside a club in North Austin that left an off-duty constable dead and police with questions about the area’s safety, officials said in a Monday press conference.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
Two officers were wounded in the attack, including 22-year-old probationary constable Jack Hibbert who sustained bullet wounds to the head and shoulder in the attack, and has lost the sight in one of his eyes.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Two officers, a constable and probationary constable, suffered gunshot wounds in the attack, the force said earlier.
—Jackie Zhou, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constable
Noun
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The military offers its officers a variety of opportunities to get graduate-level education both at war colleges run by the military as well as civilian institutions like Harvard.—
JOCELYN GECKER,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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The trial is part of a broader push to hold more people accountable for a school shooting, a group that has grown to include parents and responding law enforcement officers.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He was supposed to meet Atre at this address at this time, but instead there was a policeman standing sentry outside.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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At such protests, white policemen often famously saved their worst acts of brutality for the few white demonstrators.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But during a phone call with CNN, Hadder accepted that the profession has shifted dramatically in his 27 years as a cop.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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The music video interposes clips of a nation on fire—thieves and looters running rampant, protesters spitting in cops’ faces—with footage of Aldean and his band playing in front of a courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, vowing to deliver justice.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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Nonresidents may apply to any Minnesota county sheriff's office.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The county sheriff followed procedure and contacted ICE when the subject posted bail, but ICE agents were too busy wreaking havoc in the Twin Cities to do their actual job and pick the prisoner up.—
Karen Cortes,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Constable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constable. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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