officer of the law
Example Sentences
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It is not an action to be taken on live television by an officer of the law.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025
A plainspoken champion of the outer boroughs, Adams pitched himself as a true moderate, one who had served the city as an officer of the law.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024
In an equally egregious oversight, “My Policeman” barely acknowledges the fact that Tom, as an officer of the law, has been tasked with enforcing the same barbaric law that his love of Patrick violates.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022
What Yokoyama is describing is crisis management, the forte of inspector Shinju Futawatari — “thin, resembling a banker more than an officer of the law, unsure even of how to make an arrest.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2020
Death-Cast did not call Ariel Andrade because he isn’t dying today, but since he’s an officer of the law, getting the call is his greatest fear every night when the clock strikes midnight.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
