patrolmen

plural of patrolman

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • My grand plan was to be one of the policemen in one of the episodes.
    Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
  • Disgruntled, the policemen stormed out of the house.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • One of the stops captured in police body camera video shows local officers talking about targeting work vans for ICE — vehicles associated with construction, landscaping and other industries reliant on immigrant labor.
    Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • California State Parks peace officers responded and searched the area with the help of a California Department of Fish and Wildlife warden and animal control officers.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • No criminal charges have been filed against McCarthy or any of the other cops who had their homes searched Wednesday.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • Ten thousand cops were deployed to the financial district; access for paradegoers was limited to twenty-three checkpoints.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 20 June 2026
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
Noun
  • Not all the coppers will turn out to be good — there are the corrupt and ambitious among them — but two are, Lena (Daryna Egorkina) and Oleksa (Valentyn Tomusiak), once trust has been established.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Golds, coppers, and rich emerald tones pop beautifully against melanin-rich skin.
    Essence, Essence, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • French gendarmes buzzed around in motorboats off the coast of Evian on Saturday, and one officer hoisted up a bulky drone-interception device in a display of the security measures being rolled out for the summit.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 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
Noun
  • Police said there were no signs of trauma or foul play and homicide detectives are investigating.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • On June 12, detectives secured an arrest warrant for Pollock on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, police said.
    Sofia Saric June 23, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Troopers and Beacon Falls constables responded to the home and detained Drozdowski, state police said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
  • 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
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“Patrolmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrolmen. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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