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Recent Examples of policeman The swimmer has a big grin on his face but moments later, a second clip shows the man about to leave the site, before a uniformed policeman stopped his exit. Colson Thayer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 And you guys are the policemen out there on the field. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025 Rothstein had lost a substantial sum—by the standards of the day, a fortune—in a poker game run by George (Hump) McManus, an Irish political fixer and a gambler whose brothers were, fittingly, a priest and a policeman. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 Horrific as his killing by a white policeman was, it was unduly racialised by BLM. Book Marks august 1, Literary Hub, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for policeman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policeman
Noun
  • Another twist is that the roadside tests that cops use to spot drunk drivers don’t work as well for drug impairment.
    Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI has hired Mike Liberatore, former finance chief at Elon Musk's xAI, to be the artificial intelligence startup's business finance officer, responsible for overseeing its massive infrastructure spending.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • According to police, 26 officers were injured during the demonstration in London and at least 25 arrests were made.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a news conference on Tuesday evening, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed a 59-year-old detective, and a 35-year-old senior constable had been fatally shot, and another detective was seriously injured and being treated in hospital.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When authorities arrived at the residence, the constable's office said in a statement that Bryan had unsuccessfully attempted to flee out of a window.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Policeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policeman. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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