as in cop
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
reported the crime to the nearest policeman
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Recent Examples of policeman
However, her personable commanding officer Majid (Shafi al-Harthi) sees the value in her perspective when a high school student’s body turns up in the desert, and Nawal discerns clues from details which the policemen overlook, from the girl’s manicure to the embroidery on her abaya.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 June 2026
Eight policemen and at least four civilians died.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
The young Brooks’s disciplinary problems began with fights in primary school and culminated in his expulsion from college for threatening a policeman with a firearm.
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Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
As a group of us was leaving one party and heading out to the next party, a policeman pulled us over to see who was in the car and then sent us on our way.
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Letters To The Editor,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 June 2026
Eight policemen and at least four civilians died.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
The young Brooks’s disciplinary problems began with fights in primary school and culminated in his expulsion from college for threatening a policeman with a firearm.
—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
As a group of us was leaving one party and heading out to the next party, a policeman pulled us over to see who was in the car and then sent us on our way.
—
Letters To The Editor,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for policeman
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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.
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Ten thousand cops were deployed to the financial district; access for paradegoers was limited to twenty-three checkpoints.
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According to detectives, officers found the 14-year-old after receiving a description of his vehicle over a broadcast.
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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.
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Troopers and Beacon Falls constables responded to the home and detained Drozdowski, state police said.
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Denise Paul Hatch, a former Center Township constable, is appealing her 2024 felony conviction for official misconduct.
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“Policeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policeman. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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