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| Main Entry: |
police/police officer
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, people hired to uphold the laws |
| Synonyms: | arm of the law, badge, bear*, beat cop, black and white, blue*, bluecoat, bobby, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, detective, fed, flatfoot, force, gendarme, heat*, law, law enforcement, narc, patrol |
| Antonyms: | criminal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | military police |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military corps enforcing rules |
| Synonyms: | MP, constabulary, gendarmerie |
| Main Entry: | patrolman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | policeman |
| Synonyms: | arm of the law, badge, bear*, beat cop, black and white, blue*, bluecoat, bobby, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, detective, fed, finest, flatfoot, force, gendarme, heat*, law, law enforcement, narc, officer, patrol, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, police officer, policewoman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patrolwoman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | policeman |
| Synonyms: | arm of the law, badge, bear*, beat cop, black and white, blue*, bluecoat, bobby, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, detective, fed, finest, flatfoot, force, gendarme, heat*, law, law enforcement, narc, officer, patrol, patrolman, peace officer, police, police officer, policewoman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | policeman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law enforcement officer |
| Synonyms: | badge, bear*, blue*, bluecoat, bobby, boy scout, bull*, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, county mounty, detective, fed, finest, flatfoot, force, fuzz, gendarme, gumshoe, heat*, law, law enforcement, man, narc, officer, officers, oink, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, pig, police, police |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | policewoman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law enforcement officer |
| Synonyms: | badge, bear*, blue*, bluecoat, bobby, boy scout, bull*, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, county mounty, detective, fed, finest, flatfoot, force, fuzz, gendarme, gumshoe, heat*, law, law enforcement, man, narc, officer, officers, oink, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, pig, police, police |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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