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
Agencies assisting included Tarrant County constables, police departments from Fort Worth and Forest Hill, and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Doug Myers, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Ahead of the bill’s passage, county leaders openly fretted about the possible damage that might come from giving such free rein to the constables.
—John Lomax V, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
Texas law requires constables to become licensed peace officers with arresting authority within nine months of taking office.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Ciarametaro was Gloucester’s harbormaster from 2016 to 2024, and asked the shellfish constable to do his assignments between February and October of 2020 while enrolled at Endicott College.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for constable
Doug Myers, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Ahead of the bill’s passage, county leaders openly fretted about the possible damage that might come from giving such free rein to the constables.
—John Lomax V, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
Texas law requires constables to become licensed peace officers with arresting authority within nine months of taking office.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Ciarametaro was Gloucester’s harbormaster from 2016 to 2024, and asked the shellfish constable to do his assignments between February and October of 2020 while enrolled at Endicott College.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constable
Noun
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Detention is the middle step that must run smoothly in order for the growing number of ICE officers to continue making arrests.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Mar. 2026
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There have been outbreaks of tuberculosis and measles at the site, and ICE officers have used the dangerously subpar conditions to pressure detainees to sign papers authorizing their deportation.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The prosecutors described a pyramid of murder and impunity with Duterte at the apex, police and civilian officials in the middle, and low-level policemen, police assets, and hit men at the bottom.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Great photo of policemen’s instant reactions to that threat.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When the cops spoke to Bonnoyer about the child’s whereabouts, the 31-year-old man claimed that someone came into the apartment and took the boy.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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The cops uncovered an obituary for a woman named Mary Ramsey Crawford, who was 67 when she was killed in 2014 by a hit-and-run driver.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The sheriff’s office is investigating the death alongside the district attorney’s and coroner’s offices.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2026
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An armed car passenger whom sheriff’s deputies fatally shot during a San Marcos traffic stop last month had fired his gun at least once as a deputy shocked him with a Taser, according to video footage released by authorities.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Constable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constable. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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