PATROLMEN Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

patrolmen

noun

plural of patrolman

as in policemen

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Noun

People began rioting in Los Angeles’ predominantly Black Watts neighborhood after a crowd watched White policemen forcefully subdue a Black man.

— USA Today, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Over the weekend, dozens of plain-clothes policemen entered the protest site and dragged Wangchuk into an ambulance.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026

Definition of policemen

Noun

The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, was treated at the scene by Santa Monica PD officers until paramedics took him to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Within three minutes of arriving, the officers had killed the attacker.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of officers

Noun

But, practically speaking, none of it is imaginable or executable without digital technologies that are fundamentally black-boxed, inscrutable to individual cops on the beat and institutional decision-makers alike.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Friday, a 27-year-old man shot to death outside NYCHA’s Pink Houses in East New York in what cops are investigating as a possible road rage clash when he was murdered, his family told an Indian news outlet.

— Barry Paddock, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of cops

Noun

The moral decay of Karensville might as well be Charlottesville and the epithet-spewing McLeoud behaves too much like myriad red-state lawmen for comfort.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
As the lawmen avoided the beam of light and approached the car, the suspects were able to get inside and lock the doors.

— Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of lawmen

Noun

Warm coppers and soft strawberry hues are having a major moment this summer—but with a more natural, lived-in finish that’s easy to wear, according to Raziuddin.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 29 July 2026
Warm, contrasting tones–think coppers, bronze, terracotta, and rich chocolate brown–tend to have the most transformative effect.

— Chloe Burcham, Vogue, 24 July 2026

Definition of coppers

Noun

Another 170 gendarmes, or law enforcement officers, have also been dispatched to the region to support the firefighting effort.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Enter Orsolya, who shows up at the door with some gendarmes and an official eviction notice and gives Ion twenty minutes to quit the premises.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of gendarmes

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