POLICE OFFICERS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

police officers

noun

plural of police officer

as in policemen

a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident

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Recent Examples of police officers French authorities deployed 70,000 police officers nationwide Saturday as demonstrations took place in Paris and other cities. — Amanda MacIas, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Authorities said 2,500 police officers are patrolling the streets Saturday. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Fourteen police officers were injured, four of them seriously, police said. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 In the post-George Floyd era, some young adults have been reluctant to become police officers compared to the days when departments were flooded with applications from eager jobseekers. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 According to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, more than 2,000 people were arrested across France, and more than 600 police officers and firefighters were injured. — Kahina Sekkaï, Vanity Fair, 18 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Onlookers and policemen rushed to the balloon’s basket to find the three men lying crumpled on the ground.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
When plans were made for a visit to Japan by President Eisenhower in 1960—it was eventually called off—there weren’t enough policemen to guard his route into Tokyo, so the yakuza were mobilized to help.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of policemen

Noun

Rescue operations were complicated, with police firing tear gas at people who had begun looting neighboring shops, as officers sought to clear the area and provide access to emergency response teams.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
The other person, who police believe to be a man, fled the scene before officers arrived, Gonzalez said.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of officers

Noun

She was found with fractures to her pelvis and femur, according to cops.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Also well drawn is the relationship between Caitlyn and her longtime fiancé John (Max Minghella), one of Gotham’s few uncorrupt cops who happens to be investigating the string of murders that follow in Matt’s wake.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

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