sheriff

noun

Definition of sheriffnext
as in marshal

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Recent Examples of sheriff The woman’s condition declined Sunday, sheriff’s officials said. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026 Collecting and sharing data among law enforcement agencies is not new, said Michelle Guido, spokeswoman for the Orange sheriff’s office. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 The deputy eventually found Santi at the intersection of Shaw and Helm avenues in Clovis, where he was found injured on the road after someone had struck him, according to the sheriff’s office. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Multiple calls to sheriff’s dispatchers brought deputies to the woman, who sheltered in the apartment of a Good Samaritan, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 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
  • Earlier this year, Hawkins submitted plans for a 200-unit apartment building near the campus, which stalled under objections from the city’s fire marshal, Mansfield previously told Statesman in an interview.
    — Mark Dee July 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2026
  • Investigators confirmed the victim to be the child's father and homeowner, according to the state fire marshal's office, which did not release his name.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Definition of marshal
Noun
  • During the holiday weekend in 2025, troopers responded to 5,110 calls for service, 528 traffic services, 1,219 traffic stops, 29 DUIs and 330 motor vehicle crashes, 35 with injuries and three with fatal injuries in Southbury and Prospect.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2026
  • When the vehicle sped away instead, the troopers pursued the Dodge.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Definition of trooper
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  • Health Department complaints, other closure In March, the Kansas City Health Department temporarily shut down the store after an inspector found the business sold food kept in broken freezers.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Ursula loves the dashing Rupert (Bates), a school inspector, and Gudrun loves Gerald (Reed), a local industrialist and Rupert’s close friend.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
Definition of inspector
Noun
  • My dad, a police detective, made sure the Klansman saw his service revolver on his waist.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • Police ask any witnesses who were not contacted by authorities at the scene to contact detectives at (805) 654-9511.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of detective
Noun
  • Hinds County’s chief death investigator, Jeramiah Howard, attributed her death to the heat.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Carla Walker cold case The 1974 murder of 17-year-old Carla Walker in Fort Worth, Texas, went unsolved for more than four decades before advanced DNA testing helped investigators identify her killer.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 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
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  • Fifteen defendants have been sentenced in a domestic terrorism case tied to a July 4, 2025, protest at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in North Texas, where an Alvarado police lieutenant was shot and wounded.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
  • Five, including the company owner and a former Yolo County sheriff’s lieutenant, have been charged with murder.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of lieutenant
Noun
  • The guidelines also say that if those items do not all fit in one 55-gallon bag, then a sergeant must weigh in on what to store and what to throw away.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • Four people, including a police sergeant, are dead after being shot during a late-night break-in at a northern Ohio home on Sunday, July 5, law enforcement said.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 July 2026
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