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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However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations.—
Darleene Powells,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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However, he was also traumatized by a childhood in which his mother moved to Chicago for more opportunities, leaving White in Memphis, where he was once brutally beaten by white policemen.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Noun
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San Jose police told CBS News Bay Area that officers responded to the campus of Branham High School Friday morning for a hate crime that allegedly happened two days prior.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
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Apple said ICEBlock targets law enforcement officers, according to the suit.—
Lora Kolodny,Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The city was going bankrupt, the cops were on strike, and a fire had wiped out telephone service in my part of the East Side.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Those movies sent up buddy-cop films and alien-invasion flicks by way of a distinctly British perspective (there were plenty of droll asides to go along with the action scenes).—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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 17 Jun. 2026.
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