peace officers

Definition of peace officersnext
plural of peace officer
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Noun
  • Essential worker roles include healthcare positions, teachers, military members, fire and police officers, charity workers, social workers, government employees, supermarket staff, and delivery and transport staff.
    Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026
  • Emergency responders, including police officers and firefighters, are also allowed to remove a child from a vehicle if the child appears to be in danger due to heat or lack of ventilation.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • After some counting—and the consulting of an Excel spreadsheet—the officers determined that Silvia and Guojun were the parents of twenty-one children in total, nearly all under the age of three.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • After a series of coups by officers dissatisfied with lagging counterterrorism efforts, juntas in the three countries booted France altogether, establishing close ties with Russia instead.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • To be honest, this risk goes also to nurses, policemen, teachers, doctors, public servants.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • An unknown bomb-thrower at a labor rally sparked the Haymarket Affair on the Near West Side; eight policemen and at least four civilians died.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • But in a democracy, the people’s institutions control the police forces at all levels.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Chenoweth says authoritarians are getting better at controlling information flow, criminalizing protest, hardening security and police forces, and coordinating with other authoritarians.
    Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Peace officers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peace%20officers. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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