PEACE OFFICERS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

peace officers

noun

plural of peace officer

as in police officers

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Noun

Meanwhile, Brooks called for hiring more police officers, but also creating a 50,000-person Chicago citizen responder group to reduce crime and conduct violence intervention.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
The federal complaint says Miller was stopped by Kansas City police officers on July 24, about four months after he was released from custody in the Chiefs rally shooting case.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of police officers

Noun

The Washington Post reported last month that authorities have charged or accused at least 50 law enforcement officers of leveraging ALPRs without authorization, sometimes using the software to stalk women.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Among them is a complaint by four Muslim women in Arizona who sued multiple police departments and Arizona State University after male officers removed their hijabs while arresting them at pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2024.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of officers

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The head-on crash that killed two policemen and five joyriders in Middlesbrough in August, and its aftermath, is the latest.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2026
As a result, the policemen were tried for a second time, in which one officer was found not guilty, and the two others’ charges were ultimately dismissed due to a second hung jury and mistrial.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of policemen

Noun

More than 21,000 security personnel from the national police, army and armed police forces have been dispatched to aid in search and rescue efforts, officials said.

— Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
The bias in police recruitment was even worse in South Africa under apartheid, when the police forces were all-white organizations that frequently abused their power in dealings with Black South Africans.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of police forces

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