PEACE OFFICER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

peace officer

noun

Definition of peace officer

as in police officer

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civilian

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Recent Examples of peace officer Mike O’Connell, a spokesperson for the Missouri Department of Public Safety, said Showalter’s peace officer license was inactive. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026 Corrales and Henry also face charges of obstructing a peace officer. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2026 Upon arrival at the college Thursday afternoon, the suspect identified himself as a peace officer with a California police department, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on social media. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The man is being charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle, obstructing a peace officer and assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, according to Windsor Police. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for peace officer

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Noun

Scores of residents were evacuated from their homes near the base early Sunday as armed police officers and army bomb-disposal experts swooped on the rural area.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors said Sacramento police officers found the suspect vehicle with significant damage and human biological material on the vehicle’s driver’s side, roof and trunk.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of police officer

Noun

The school system has added staff in support of this approach, while simultaneously banning school police officers from campus except in emergencies and sharply reducing the size of the school police force.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
In Moldova -- which borders western Ukraine and is not a NATO member -- the national police force said in a post to Facebook that a drone exploded and damaged a communications antenna in the Anenii Noi district in the center of the country.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of police force

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