PATROLMAN Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

patrolman

noun

Definition of patrolman

as in policeman

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Recent Examples of patrolman Billups-Taylor’s LinkedIn page states that his employment in Winfield ended in February 2026, and he is currently employed as a part-time patrolman with the Ogden Dunes Police Department and as a senior investigator with Veracity IIR, a security firm headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. — Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 Rovaín was a chief inspector with the now-extinct Caracas Metropolitan Police, Bolívar was an officer, and Molina was a patrolman. — Gustavo Ocando Alex, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 He is listed as an officer and patrolman in El Paso police documents obtained by The Republic. — Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 9 Mar. 2026 The character is said to be an homage to an actual Western District patrolman named Bob Brown. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patrolman

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Noun

There was a group of them, policemen, and then there was a priest with them.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
With a policeman in charge of the program, there’s no more off-the-field games being played — only hard work trying to get back to the top.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of policeman

Noun

Th victim made contact with the bus and was struck, cops said.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
For example, a South Florida cop trying to find a vehicle could search and find a person’s information from thousands of miles away in other states, a selling point that gained Flock dozens of law enforcement contracts, the Herald found.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cop

Noun

During Thursday's hearing, Judge Paul Scoggin granted Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro bond.

— TIM SULLIVAN, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Less than two weeks after departing the Kansas City Current, former head coach and sporting director Vlatko Andonovski is set to take over the last-place Chicago Stars as the fellow National Women’s Soccer League club’s chief soccer officer.

— PJ Green September 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of officer

Noun

Created by Leonard Freeman, the 1968-80 CBS series starred Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett, the no-nonsense lawman who headed a state police task force in Hawaii.

— Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
The tough-talking lawman said the 380-volt stun gloves would give Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents a useful tool to subdue detainees or protesters that resist their actions without opening fire on them.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of lawman

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 detective

Noun

Jenna Ziviani, a constable at the police station, helped deliver Lyla while receiving guidance from an ambulance officer on the phone.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Thompson alerted a town administrator and special constable named Sherise Fountain, who went to investigate.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of constable

Noun

In 2020, a sheriff’s deputy shot trade school student Andres Guardado, 18, in the back several times, killing him.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
During the investigation, Washington and her family pointed out videos and photos of Brown’s social media accounts that depicted a baby that looked like their newborn, the sheriff’s office said.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

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