sheriff

noun

Definition of sheriffnext
as in marshal

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Recent Examples of sheriff For updates and details of the evacuation, including warning areas, see the Facebook page of the Tuolumne County sheriff or the county’s fire information map. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 27 July 2026 In a social media post, the sheriff’s office said the 36-year-old man was seen at the South Lake Tahoe Police Department lowering the flag before trying to ignite it. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026 Deputies initially responded to reports of intoxicated people in the road and someone throwing bottles at passing vehicles, but arrived to find the party in chaos after gunfire erupted, according to the sheriff's office. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026 Santa Clara County sheriff’s detectives are investigating a shooting Saturday at a large party in Morgan Hill that left one person dead and seven others injured, authorities said. — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sheriff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheriff
  1. marshal
  2. trooper
  3. inspector
  4. detective
  5. investigator
  6. patrolman
  7. lieutenant
  8. sergeant
Noun
  • Bonta’s office, along with the state fire marshal, is also challenging that oversight in court, arguing the lines that run through Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties were incorrectly reclassified as interstate pipelines.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Asked for help Just four arson and bomb investigators work for the state fire marshal, the division that regulates fireworks.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of marshal
Noun
  • Two troopers a day are assigned to patrol CTfastrak, but Higgins announced that they’ll now be supplemented by high-visibility patrols from the Hartford Troop H barracks.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
  • The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency had no further information to add as troopers continue to investigate the fatal crash.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of trooper
Noun
  • Whitehead’s noirish début tells the story of a Black elevator inspector with supernatural gifts, who is framed for an accident amid a sectarian struggle to define the cities of the future.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
  • That caused some ballots to be counted as misread, according to Jim Jordan, an inspector for the voting center.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of inspector
Noun
  • The detective returns to the stand Monday for the fifth and likely final day of the preliminary hearing.
    — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Camani Bartletto, 18, was hit with the charge for allegedly firing at an Uber shortly before the detective was shot — and was also charged with gun possession, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Definition of detective
Noun
  • Two decomposed bodies have been found within five days at a park in western North Carolina, and both cases are classified as murders, according to investigators.
    — Mark Price July 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 July 2026
  • What exactly triggers these blooms is still an active area of research and debate, according to Brad Taylor, associate professor at North Carolina State University and investigator at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.
    — Hannah Smith July 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
Definition of investigator
Noun
  • The patrolman has not been identified.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • Billups-Taylor’s LinkedIn page states that his employment in Winfield ended in February 2026, and he is currently employed as a part-time patrolman with the Ogden Dunes Police Department and as a senior investigator with Veracity IIR, a security firm headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.
    — Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Definition of patrolman
Noun
  • One day, Michael Giddens, then a lieutenant with Howie-in-the-Hills Police Department, is tracking down leads in a potential contractor fraud case.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • Kealty was named a Sharks assistant general manager last week, joining Tom Holy and Joe Will as GM Grier’s top lieutenants.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
Definition of lieutenant
Noun
  • The female officer was hit in the knee, and the male police officer, who is a sergeant, was shot in the ankle.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
  • Officer body-camera footage revealed that police kept chasing Franklin even after their supervising sergeant told them not to.
    — Julia Coin July 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Definition of sergeant

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