patrolmen

plural of patrolman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrolmen
Noun
  • To make matters even more challenging, Hansen was a local business owner whom all the policemen knew from shopping at his bakery, Rothschild told A&E True Crime in 2019.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • And you guys are the policemen out there on the field.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As officers arrived and investigated, additional gunfire was discharged from both outside and inside an apartment toward them.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Police say Reed then opened fire in the parking lot, killing Jones, wounding a 23-year-old Dallas man and also shooting at off-duty officers who were working at the business.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dex could easily AirDrop some pics to the cops downstairs.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Your report just might help the cops catch the crooks.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Anyone with information regarding the man’s death can contact homicide detectives at 816-234-5043 or the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • During an interview with detectives, Ivers admitted showing his manifesto to library staff.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • New Jersey police officers, Detective Sgt.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Before what is expected to be a deluge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arriving in the coming days, Snelling again stressed the city’s police officers will not assist federal immigration authorities.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As state troopers blocked roads leading to the plant and set up a security perimeter, nearly 500 federal, state and local officers poured into the sprawling battery production facility, still under construction.
    Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Though Smith was charged with four counts of assault for scaring and endangering the villagers, troopers did not say he was involved in his mother’s death.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Patrolmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrolmen. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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