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
Fans were accused of blocking traffic, fighting in the street, climbing on top of trucks and throwing bottles at police officers.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
Some of the rather inept, possibly corrupt police officers take to her therapy sessions.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
Jorgelina Skorput, 34, of New York City, waited with her friends as police officers on horseback patrolled the crowd.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
Bell has been a police officer since 1997 and has been on leave since the passing of her husband.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
Some of the rather inept, possibly corrupt police officers take to her therapy sessions.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
Jorgelina Skorput, 34, of New York City, waited with her friends as police officers on horseback patrolled the crowd.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
Bell has been a police officer since 1997 and has been on leave since the passing of her husband.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for police officer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for police officer
Noun
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My grand plan was to be one of the policemen in one of the episodes.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 June 2026
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Disgruntled, the policemen stormed out of the house.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Noun
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According to detectives, officers found the 14-year-old after receiving a description of his vehicle over a broadcast.—
Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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Police Scotland said that a 36-year-old man was arrested late Friday after officers received multiple reports of attacks in the west and north of Edinburgh.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Weeks after the May 16 crash, cops were still looking to question the Honda driver who left the scene without stopping.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
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Ten thousand cops were deployed to the financial district; access for paradegoers was limited to twenty-three checkpoints.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
Noun
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Troopers and Beacon Falls constables responded to the home and detained Drozdowski, state police said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 May 2026
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Denise Paul Hatch, a former Center Township constable, is appealing her 2024 felony conviction for official misconduct.—
Robert Yoon,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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“Police officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20officer. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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