POLICE OFFICER Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

police officer

noun

Definition of police officer

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 More than 500 soldiers and 600 police officers were deployed, according to the Colombian presidency. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 In the last three years, the city’s longtime process for adjudicating those cases has been largely paused as the legal fight between the city and FOP, the union representing rank-and-file police officers, wound its way through the state judiciary. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Photographers from the Associated Press documented Sarandon as she was detained by police officers on Thursday. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026 He was arrested again in 2012 on accusations of threatening a police officer and was in custody for less than three hours before posting bail. — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police officer

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Noun

This week her ex-husband, his brother and their father – a former policeman – will go on trial in proceedings expected to last at least 45 days.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
One of Sanchez’s associates shot at the policemen, who returned fire.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of policeman

Noun

Bass is particularly concerned by the relative lack of specialized intervention training for patrol officers who respond to the vast majority of service calls.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
The officer instead advised her to go through the proper channels to start the eviction process.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of officer

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

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