peace officers

noun

plural of peace officer
as in police officers

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  1. police officers
  2. officers
  3. policemen
  4. police forces
Noun
  • Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies and Sacramento Regional Transit police officers also responded to investigate the incident.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Polish leaders, visitors and locals praised police officers who shot and wounded the attacker.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of police officers
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  • Tell us about the crew With the exception of the ship’s officers, who are mostly from Metropolitan France, Aranui’s crew is almost entirely Polynesian; many of them are Marquesan, from the very islands the ship sails to.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2026
  • The Peoria Police Department said the evacuation recommendation was issued as a precaution while officers and emergency personnel investigate the threat.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of officers
Noun
  • The second was when Lula, in response, called Flávio Bolsonaro a vigilante, in a reference to groups linked to policemen that are operating in poor communities in Rio de Janeiro.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Onlookers and policemen rushed to the balloon’s basket to find the three men lying crumpled on the ground.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of policemen
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  • Some Brits experienced delays in getting their drug prescriptions and several UK police forces told the public to report crimes or issues by telephone rather than through their websites.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Hundreds of schools across Europe were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving bomb threats, police forces say, in what appeared to be the latest wave of efforts to intimidate populations.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of police forces
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