roscoe

slang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for roscoe
Noun
  • Officers searched the area of the struggle and found a .22-cal revolver, loaded with six rounds, hidden within a black sock.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
  • In his side pack, officers found 50 grams of compressed fentanyl, $1,126 in cash, and a revolver.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the car, officers found a safe, all of the children's passports as well as Jenny Boelter's, about $10,000 in cash, a revolver pistol in the glove box and another semi-automatic pistol in a cooler, the FBI said in the complaint.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • He was then stopped again by police in his hometown of Murfreesboro, where police took another pistol off him.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
    Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
  • This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • After he was shot, deputies found a Beretta PX4 Storm semi-automatic pellet gun, which is a replica of a .40 caliber handgun, near his body, according to authorities.
    Nathan Solis Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • Caruthers tried to intervene when the suspect pulled out a handgun and shot him, police said.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • In 2023, Waukegan held a gun buyback for $100 per firearm, taking 107 off the street.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • Guerin said the gun didn’t work because it was not loaded properly.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 June 2025
  • Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Don’t bring your lawyer, bring your gat or bring your clique, man.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Don’t bring your lawyer, bring your gat or bring your clique, man.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Wess Roley owned a shotgun and a long rifle, his grandfather said.
    Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
  • On Monday, Norris said that a shotgun was found at the scene, but did not describe a second weapon.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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“Roscoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roscoe. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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