INSPECTORS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

inspectors

noun

plural of inspector

as in investigators

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Noun

Greg Baker Early on, investigators and the family believed Erica had been abducted.

— Yana Johnson, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
The page says the funds will be used only for legal expenses, including filings, transcripts, investigators and experts.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of investigators

Noun

Back at his Brickell apartment, detectives searched the unit after a judge signed off on a warrant.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
About a month after Craig’s death, police homicide detectives released security camera video of a suspect in the Oak Park fatal shooting.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of detectives

Noun

As public support for Clancy grew by the day, online sleuths went to work challenging the prosecution’s narrative, closely scrutinizing witnesses and criticizing authorities for not investigating certain details more aggressively.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026
Just days later, Kelce was photographed traveling with the same dog, and online sleuths quickly connected the pup to an April 2026 video clip of a similar dog jumping into one of Swift’s cars.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of sleuths

Noun

The Washington Post reported last month that authorities have charged or accused at least 50 law enforcement officers of leveraging ALPRs without authorization, sometimes using the software to stalk women.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Among them is a complaint by four Muslim women in Arizona who sued multiple police departments and Arizona State University after male officers removed their hijabs while arresting them at pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2024.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 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

The head-on crash that killed two policemen and five joyriders in Middlesbrough in August, and its aftermath, is the latest.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2026
As a result, the policemen were tried for a second time, in which one officer was found not guilty, and the two others’ charges were ultimately dismissed due to a second hung jury and mistrial.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of policemen

Noun

Both cops and the wounded woman were taken to a local hospital in stable condition and all three have since been released.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 12 Sep. 2026
As the chasing cops weave around commuters and a school bus, dash cam video shows Trooper Major pulling up behind the truck and ramming it in the far-right breakdown lane.

— Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of cops

Noun

At a separate Ohio event, an armed assailant charged toward Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Amy Acton during a Sunday stop at the Canfield Fair and injured several people before he was stopped by troopers, authorities said.

— Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Florida Highway Patrol troopers are continuing to search for the hit-and-run driver, according to Florida Today.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of troopers

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