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Recent Examples of lawman What happens if and when a Texas lawman tries to slap cuffs on a Democrat in New York or California? Matt K. Lewis, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 By his own admission, the Mexican lawman known as El Diablo — The Devil — supervised a scourge of torture, murder, kidnappings, land grabs and other abuses while amassing a fortune in cartel bribes that bankrolled purchases of homes, cattle and a fleet of buses. Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025 James Best played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, the comic-relief lawman constantly outwitted by the Dukes. Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 5 July 2025 Mendenhall stared back at the lawman and shrugged his shoulders. Tim Evans, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for lawman
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Noun
  • In 1935, Qassam and two of his followers ambushed a group of British Mandate policemen, murdering a Jewish sergeant.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The policeman asked where the shell was.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Another twist is that the roadside tests that cops use to spot drunk drivers don’t work as well for drug impairment.
    Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI has hired Mike Liberatore, former finance chief at Elon Musk's xAI, to be the artificial intelligence startup's business finance officer, responsible for overseeing its massive infrastructure spending.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • According to police, 26 officers were injured during the demonstration in London and at least 25 arrests were made.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a news conference on Tuesday evening, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed a 59-year-old detective, and a 35-year-old senior constable had been fatally shot, and another detective was seriously injured and being treated in hospital.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When authorities arrived at the residence, the constable's office said in a statement that Bryan had unsuccessfully attempted to flee out of a window.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Initial reports said the possible crash may have occurred near Summit Lake, the sheriff's office said.
    Jessica Gorman, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Amar Gandhi, a sheriff’s spokesperson, declined to respond to the new allegations made in Thimmhardy’s citizen complaint.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Lawman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawman. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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