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lawman
noun as in cop
noun as in officer of the law
noun as in police officer
Example Sentences
“The West was tamed long before Brad Gates became sheriff, but like the lawmen before him, he ensured a rapidly growing county was kept safe.”
“If I win this case we’ll finish,” she wrote in an email to the Australian consultant who contracted the Los Angeles lawmen.
A half-dozen white lawmen in Mississippi have been federally sentenced in last year’s torture of two Black suspects.
While reform-minded sheriffs and district attorneys have won in major metro areas in recent years, O.C.’s top lawmen are proudly regressive Republicans — and voters love it.
Two of the fired deputies allegedly admitted to having matching Indians tattoos, and sources told The Times the inked lawmen were let go for violating the department’s anti-gang policy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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