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
Describing internal affairs investigator Takoyoshi Shindo in “Cry of the Earth,” Yokoyama observes, “As a fellow officer of the law, his was work that felt good. It was the disciplinary side that was the challenge.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2020
When the Father puts on a badge and a hat, he becomes an officer of the law.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020
They represented, he liked to say, his authority as an officer of the law.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
