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Recent Examples of lawman Roles on the frontier shifted constantly: Gunfighters became marshals, cowboys became killers, pimps became lawmen. Paul Begala, New York Times, 31 May 2025 Often playing tough-talking lawmen or villains, the following decade saw Baker appear in films like 1984’s The Natural, 1985’s Fletch, and 1988’s Criminal Law. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025 The other actors in the terrific eight-member cast — which includes Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves and Ken Marks — play multiple roles as townsfolk, family members, lawmen, desperados, hucksters and suckers. Frank Rizzo, Variety, 27 Apr. 2025 The longtime lawman has been accused of personal indiscretions such as receiving a nude photo of a co-worker, and professional missteps including his deputies’ aggressive actions in pursuing shoplifters at a Target and killing their driver. Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for lawman
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Noun
  • Some of the policemen were busy convincing men with rifles who had positioned themselves in between the houses along West Sullivan Street, facing the school, to hold their fire.
    Sally Ventura June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • Baruchel will play Jacob Merrick, a small-town policeman.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Since then, articles are popping up, pointing out that people have a right to ask questions before just assuming that guy with the badge is really a cop.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • Medics took both victims to Bellevue Hospital Center in stable condition, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • If officers are promoted based on loyalty instead of merit, then our fighting forces will be less effective.
    Time, Time, 1 July 2025
  • Israel’s Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which oversees humanitarian and civil efforts in Gaza, released two revealing conversations between Gaza residents and officers from the Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA) for Gaza.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The constable’s office was notified of the inappropriate request June 10 when the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force came into contact with Slusher’s request, officials said in a news release.
    Kate Linderman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025
  • The constable threw her convulsing body over the back of a horse and carted her to county lines.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The sheriff's office has warned that Decker should be considered armed and dangerous.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • The sheriff’s office and the Coast Guard responded about 3 p.m. Saturday to reports that 10 people were in the water next to a capsized boat near California’s D.L. Bliss State Park, at the southwestern end of the lake.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025

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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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