Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who is a member of a police force.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the ordinary police, whose duty it usually is to patrol a certain beat for a fixed period, for the protection of property and for the arrest of offenders, and to see that the peace is kept.
- noun In entomology, a soldier-ant.
- noun In coal-mining, a wood or iron guard around or covering the mouth of a pit, or placed at mid-workings.
- noun A kind of swab, used for cleaning vials, etc., made by slipping a piece of rubber tubing over the end of a glass rod.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A member of a body of police; a constable.
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- noun A member of a
police force , especially one who ismale . - noun chemistry A
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a police force
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Examples
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i have a story that is slightly similar (only without the abduction part). when i was sixteen, a london policeman became very enamored of me when i was staying at my grandparents, and so decided to find out where i lived (80 miles from London) and stalk me each day after school. he was a *policeman* for chrissakes. (and 32, EWWW).
Bad Mother auf Naxos 2006
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Calm, confident collected — and ready to admit to any traffic offense because the policeman is a good policeman who is doing a good job and would not lie or be mistaken about anything.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ten Rules for Dealing with Police 2010
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In this context (your response, Mr. Voice), do you imply that "policeman" is not?
How Many Times Can Allen Hancock Abuse His Police Power and Still Get Paid? johnny_mango 2005
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The policeman is not a policeman, he is a protester dressed as a policeman trying to make the police look bad?
Replace Police With Spin Doctors « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I stand for justice done on BOTH sides and if the policeman is found guilty of assault, I will accept that wholeheartedly.
Ooooh….. I didn’t know that! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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There are two main protagonists, both outsiders as far as the Establishment is concerned - one is a professional policeman from the 'working' classes; and the other, of a socially higher class, is a woman.
Reading Maxine 2009
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As for civilians, I recommend that they carry a gun because a policeman is too heavy.
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Both believe that Brano Sev, their enigmatic superior and himself a career secret policeman, is keeping them in the dark both about the details of the case and all its players and about the true motives of their investigation, but they cant figure out why.
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As for civilians, I recommend that they carry a gun because a policeman is too heavy.
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The purpose of the statistical policeman is to separate the true positives from the false ones.
Freeze - Statistics Police!, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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