shamuses

plural of shamus, slang

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Plan for new Palestinian police Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty says his country is training some 5,000 new Palestinian policemen for Gaza.
    NPR, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Through the streets of World War I Paris, the bohemian artist attempts to outmaneuver bombs, policemen, girlfriends, and critics in an increasingly desperate search of a home for his art.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The film sees detectives discover the remains of 23 women and six men at the residence of filmmaker and serial killer Mark Chapel, who is arrested along with a collaborator, Donovan Summers, who is also later detained.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In their investigation, detectives learned that Garfias, Vargas’s ex-boyfriend, sent her a text message luring her to the outside of a bar, the district attorney said in the statement.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Inside his vehicle, officers found an AR-15 with 27 rounds of ammunition.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In 2019, during the 35-day shutdown, the number of absences by controllers and TSA officers rose as workers missed paychecks, extending checkpoint wait times at some airports.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Arizona investigators couldn't figure out who Jane Doe was, and California authorities had no idea who the babies were.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That's why federal investigators called on Skull.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When major criminals gather in the same room, cops tend to pay attention.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The movie, somewhat surprisingly, reveals a multi-racial Florida community raising children together, mostly in harmony, except for the one single white woman who keeps calling the cops.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The range of salaries will be $143,400 for constables and $295,564 for District Attorney Phil Sorrells, a North Richland Hills Republican.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The insider also told THR that in the wake of the July docuseries, the Bradley family has hired private investigators with funds seemingly obtained as a result of the show.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • First Brands implosion ‘not the last’ Industry insiders say the nature of certain private markets transactions means problems are becoming increasingly tricky to spot, despite more intensive levels of due diligence among investors, often involving private investigators.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The city of Little Rock has reached an agreement with police officers and sergeants to extend a union agreement through 2027, according to a news release issued Friday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Adrian Green was shot by Glendale police officers after aiming a gun at them as shown in body-camera footage.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Shamuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamuses. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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