police officer

noun

Synonyms of police officer

: a member of a police force

Examples of police officer in a Sentence

there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident

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About 90 minutes before the bodies were found, police officers were called to an Oberlin College campus parking lot to support firefighters extinguishing a fire in a vehicle that was registered to Jones. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Seth Stoughton, a University of South Carolina law professor and former police officer, said the agent’s reaction to the bystander was inappropriate. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 Cappe estimates France lacks around 800 specialist riot police officers. — Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026 Bauer, a father of three, grew up in North Miami and had been a police officer for 12 years. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police officer

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First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of police officer was in 1797

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police officer

noun

: a member of a police force

police officer

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