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constable

[kon-stuh-buhl, kuhn-] / ˈkɒn stə bəl, ˈkʌn- /


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It just so happens that the deputy chief constable of Lancashire police is called Sam Mackenzie, while Andrew Fox is a senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The SDS had already existed for more than 20 years when Coles, then a constable in the Met, received a tap on the shoulder.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mountbatten-Windsor's lawyers used a judicial review to successfully challenge the actions of the force's chief constable and the Central Criminal Court in the build-up to his arrest.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Andrew's lawyers have used a judicial review to challenge the actions of the force's chief constable and the Central Criminal Court.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He gestured over one shoulder at the constable.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Chief constables have also recently announced that all forces will introduce mandatory recording of police officer suicides.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Long before modern professional police forces, public order depended on watches, constables, alarms, and forms of compelled or expected community response.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Badat worked on a challenge to DeSoto County districts that were used for the county’s board of supervisors, school board, election commission, county constables and their judges.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

Special constables are volunteer police officers with the same powers, responsibilities and uniform as a regular officer.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

‘No seafaring man ever objected to a little Sabbath-breaking. But mind if you see any deacons or constables.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes


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