as in policemen
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
as the rural county's chief lawman, the sheriff has to patrol a vast area with only minimal manpower
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of lawmen
Who was this irritant who had eluded the most sophisticated lawmen in the country, thanks to the triviality of his crimes?
—
David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Kris Kristofferson and Treat Williams as lawmen whose desert discovery leads down a path to information about the Kennedy assassination.
—Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Kirsh’s shock of white hair and dry, sardonic air give Olyphant refreshing distance from the upright lawmen he’s known for.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Kris Kristofferson and Treat Williams as lawmen whose desert discovery leads down a path to information about the Kennedy assassination.
—Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Kirsh’s shock of white hair and dry, sardonic air give Olyphant refreshing distance from the upright lawmen he’s known for.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawmen
Noun
-
Body camera footage from the officers who responded to the call show the 55-year-old advancing toward multiple policemen in the street with a knife in his hand.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
-
The stunned policemen opened the door.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
His name was not immediately disclosed as cops track down relatives.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
-
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
Noun
-
When officers arrived, two men approached them wearing masks and gloves, carrying at least one gun.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
-
Consider business, where chief executive officers are being replaced at a historically high pace.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Off stage, Benedick and Beatrice spar their way toward the aisle, while our bumbling constables take center stage.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
-
Agencies assisting included Tarrant County constables, police departments from Fort Worth and Forest Hill, and the Texas Department of Public Safety.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
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
Cite this Entry
“Lawmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmen. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
