PEACE OFFICER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

peace officer

noun

Definition of peace officer

as in police officer

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Dissimilar Words

civilian

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Recent Examples of peace officer Felony charges were later downgraded to misdemeanor charges of obstructing a peace officer and criminal mischief before being dropped altogether last month after Wilhoite was accepted into a diversion program. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 The passenger, Alan Pena Sabogn, 21, also of Bogotá, was later apprehended and arrested on suspicion of failing to obey a lawful order, obstructing a peace officer and providing false identification, authorities said. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 On Monday, Slonim received a letter from Cal Fire notifying him that his peace officer status had been suspended. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 At his sentencing, Cuyahoga County Assistant Prosecutor Connor Davin recounted Loftis’ long history of criminal convictions, which included charges of assault on a peace officer, drug trafficking, felonious assault and armed robbery. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for peace officer

Recent Examples of Synonyms for peace officer

Noun

Donald had been kidnapped, beaten and killed by klansmen in retaliation for the killing of a police officer – a crime Donald had no involvement in – and to intimidate Black jurors from ruling in favor of Black defendants.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Three days after Mehserle was sentenced, two Oakland police officers shot and killed another unarmed Black man, Derrick Jones, near Bancroft Avenue and Trask Street.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of police officer

Noun

That summer, Detroit was paralyzed by a violent uprising, which erupted after the city’s predominantly white police force raided a night club in a Black neighborhood.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
An Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police force, declined to comment on the matter when reached by Fox News Digital.

— Louis Casiano , Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026