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Recent Examples of patrolman
He was arrested in August 1975 after a highway patrolman pulled him over for speeding and found suspicious items in his car, including a ski mask and a crowbar.
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
That policy is so old that Chapman remembers it from his rookie year in the NYPD as a young patrolman in East Harlem in 1968.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Once in the governor's office, the future president quickly changed the complexion of the state workforce, placing Blacks in 40 percent of influential positions, including boosting their number on Georgia boards from three to 53 and appointing the first Black state patrolman.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
The Morris County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey says patrolmen from law enforcement also spotted the drones.
—John Bacon, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
That policy is so old that Chapman remembers it from his rookie year in the NYPD as a young patrolman in East Harlem in 1968.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Once in the governor's office, the future president quickly changed the complexion of the state workforce, placing Blacks in 40 percent of influential positions, including boosting their number on Georgia boards from three to 53 and appointing the first Black state patrolman.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
The Morris County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey says patrolmen from law enforcement also spotted the drones.
—John Bacon, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrolman
Noun
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The Haymarket anarchists in Chicago in the eighteen-nineties may not all have been directly responsible for the bombs that killed seven policemen on a fateful day, but at least one of them had certainly built the bombs.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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When Orsolya knocks on the man’s door with an army of trigger-happy policemen at her back, the bailiff — in her infinite mercy — agrees to give the guy some time to collect his belongings.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 Feb. 2025
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Perry will appear in two out of six Season 7 episodes as a cop who gives Jackie a hard time about considering rejoining the police force at her age.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
5 Mar. 2025
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Since then, the aspiring cop, from Texas, has been sworn in as an honorary police officer at many police departments across the United States.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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In an interview with Forbes.com, Sarah Johnson, Carnegie Hall’s chief education officer, said the Well-Being Concerts—which grew out of the Covid-19 pandemic—for the first time this season are bilingual.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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In a clip shared to social media, at least five officers appear to attempt to restrain Seirafe-Novaes.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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In Andrea Gets a Divorce, hope turns into a whole set of emotions as a countryside policewoman yearning for a promotion faces a moral quandary after accidentally killing her soon-to-be-ex in a hit-and-run accident.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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But once there, an overly law – abiding British policewoman drags him deep down into the mysterious disappearance of a foreign billionaire, and the most complicated case of murders in his entire career.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
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And not all lawmen were like Alberti: a constable Southerners mistakenly wired about six fugitives alerted Still instead.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Jan. 2025
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The comically macho lawman built his entire identity around the notion that the bad guys never beat him.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
9 Jan. 2025
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This is a complex incident, and detectives continue to work through all aspects of the investigation.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Heidenreich has denied involvement in his girlfriend's death, per the AAP, despite admitting that his stepfather — a former Cairns police officer — was friendly with a detective working on the murder case.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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On Friday, as residents gathered at the Bilal mosque for afternoon prayers, several constables, sheriff’s deputies and private security guards stood watch.—
Edgar Sandoval,
New York Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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The budget also covers the Health Department, sheriff's office, circuit court divisions, prosecuting attorney, coroner, constables, Office of Emergency Management, museum, Veterans Services and Cooperative Extension.—
Eplunus Colvin,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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The sheriff’s office is expected to release body camera footage from the scene in the coming weeks.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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The sheriff's office said Tuesday that the company that provides natural gas service for the home made no significant findings after looking for gas leaks and carbon monoxide, the colorless, odorless gas that can be fatal by depriving people from getting enough oxygen.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Patrolman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrolman. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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