police officer

noun

Definition of police officernext
as in policeman
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident

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Recent Examples of police officer Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that 70,000 police officers were deployed, backed by armored vehicles, drones and helicopters. — Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026 Adam Driver, for one, has danger in him, according to Gray, who cast the Oscar nominee as a former police officer who links up with the red mafia in the 1980s. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026 As a result of the investigation, Delmaro was charged with impersonation of a police officer and criminal attempt to commit commercial bribery. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2026 Last month, Chula Vista police officer Johan Jacobo was granted diversion in his case, in which he was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for turning left against a red arrow and crashing into a motorcyclist. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police officer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for police officer
  1. policeman
  2. officer
  3. cop
  4. constable
Noun
  • The former policeman turned recluse comes out of retirement to try to figure out whether the boy’s missing sister is still alive.
    — Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 4 Nov. 2026
  • This hint of connection between them is later made concrete when, at the demonstration, the two are complicit in an act of defiance — throwing a cobblestone at a policeman, badly injuring him — and must skip town for the night.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of policeman
Noun
  • The service's Inspector Jeff Tyre said in a video message that the second body had been found in a search by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and conservation officers on Tuesday afternoon after the discovery of the first set of remains a day earlier.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Brendt Volarvich shot and killed Stevens in November 2005 after the officer pulled him over in rural Yolo County.
    — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of officer
Noun
  • The mother of the public school substitute aide and former NYPD cop arrested for killing Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez is defending her son — even as new details emerge on how police tied him to the slaying.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Bode and Boone have their buddy cop — speaking of ‘80s and ‘90s action movies — thing.
    — Megan Vick, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of cop
Noun
  • Jenna Ziviani, a constable at the police station, helped deliver Lyla while receiving guidance from an ambulance officer on the phone.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Thompson alerted a town administrator and special constable named Sherise Fountain, who went to investigate.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of constable

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“Police officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20officer. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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