inspectors

noun

plural of inspector
as in investigators

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  1. investigators
  2. detectives
  3. sleuths
  4. officers
  5. sheriffs
  6. policemen
  7. cops
  8. troopers
Noun
  • Palmer said investigators were interviewing witnesses to the shooting.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Crash investigators found open and closed alcoholic beverages in the vehicle at the scene of the crash.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of investigators
Noun
  • Cynthia also thanked the KCSO detectives for finally solving the case.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Hicks said detectives are working to determine Williams' motives, and said the suspect's family was cooperating fully with law enforcement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of detectives
Noun
  • The case has gotten a swell of attention online as internet sleuths try to figure out for themselves what really happened to Wells on the Fourth of July.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026
  • Even if Rodri's cleats added an extra inch or two, online sleuths point to other comparisons, including with Prince William who met with the president in 2024.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Definition of sleuths
Noun
  • Footage released by Russian state media showed heavily armed law-enforcement officers, several ambulances and other emergency vehicles at the site.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The young woman was also receiving medical treatment when officers entered the room with body cameras.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of officers
Noun
  • The author argues that sheriffs should not have independent authority over ballots and election procedures, and calls for the state legislature to clarify sheriff powers by amending the constitution to make sheriffs appointed rather than elected, similar to police chiefs.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Those sheriffs were featured in a recent Courier Journal investigation that found that one in six Kentucky counties has had a sheriff criminally charged or convicted since 2010.
    — Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Definition of sheriffs
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
  • Bad cops are not being fired, and good cops who may be wrongfully accused are stuck in professional purgatory.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • On Monday, 21-year-old Javid Edwin, accompanied by a lawyer, surrendered at the 50th Precinct stationhouse and was charged with murder, manslaughter and weapon possession, cops said.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of cops
Noun
  • Back at the base, the team is still bickering with the other troopers.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026
  • As troopers responded to the scene, video showed vehicles rapidly dispersing as drivers and spectators rushed back to their cars, the report said.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of troopers
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