PEACE OFFICERS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

peace officers

noun

plural of peace officer

as in police officers

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Noun

The families’ friendship continued when the Ustjanauskas family founded the Hundred Club of Connecticut in 1967 to support the families of police officers and others killed in the line of duty.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of police officers

Noun

All officers on the scenes of vehicle stops must wear and activate their body cameras, under the guidance.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
With early voting already underway, a question worrying some voters is what role — if any — immigration enforcement officers might have at polling places through Election Day.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of officers

Noun

On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
One of Sanchez’s associates shot at the policemen, who returned fire.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of policemen

Noun

More than 20,000 soldiers and police forces were deployed for elections, while troops carrying long guns patrolled roadsides.

— Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Before 9/11, the Defense Department had transferred only $27 million in hardware to local police forces.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of police forces

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