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Examples of police officer in a Sentence
there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident
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Footage from the scene showed first responders rendering aid to individuals outside the school, as well as dozens of police officers surrounding the perimeter.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
The two men, one Native American and the other a corrupt police officer, become lovers and reportedly flee from Los Angeles to Mexico.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
When a small group of students occupied a university building, hundreds of police officers surged onto campus, making arrests and plunging the university into lockdown.
—Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
The home that Cannabis Control agents had to power-saw their way into belongs to Samson Liu, a police officer in nearby Oakland, California, CNN found.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1797, in the meaning defined above
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“Police officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20officer. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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police officer
noun
: a member of a police force
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