lawmen

plural of lawman

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lawmen 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
  • Today’s policed are tomorrow’s policemen.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Two policemen were injured and the driver was killed, police confirmed, after the vehicle landed in a ditch.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Then in 2021, Boston cops found Tooley with a gun.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Even the cops that harass Lee on the street are in attendance at the memorial–cum–gubernorial campaign stop.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 2019, Newton allegedly beat and used a stun gun on a teenager, along with three other officers.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Structural shifts Unlike previous generations of technology, where bespoke automation tools had to be made for every distinct job, LLM Suite can service them all, from traders to wealth managers and risk officers, according to Waldron.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The range of salaries will be $143,400 for constables and $295,564 for District Attorney Phil Sorrells, a North Richland Hills Republican.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
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

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“Lawmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmen. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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