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sheriff

noun as in law enforcement officer

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On Friday, the sheriff of Manatee County on the state’s western coast, announced the arrest of a 62-year-old widower who had requested a mail ballot for his deceased wife.

From Fortune

Challenged by the president on “law enforcement” support, for example, he didn't mention his endorsements from hundreds of sheriffs.

Union officials, real estate agents, Chamber of Commerce members, the county sheriff, the district attorney and even the county school superintendent spoke about how vital oil revenues are to the area.

“Apple is a sheriff who sometimes makes unfair interpretations of the guidelines for its own benefit,” Hirabayashi said.

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For example, a sheriff in Washington state told a cheering crowd that he would not enforce the state’s mask mandate.

The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.

We also see her physically battling Sheriff Clark, but the camera focuses on her falling to the ground.

The pastor told sheriff deputies that he spoke with the younger man “but said nothing inappropriate.”

In turn, he told the sheriff he had experimented with gay sex in college.

The preacher gave sheriff deputies permission to search his SUV but warned them “there was something bad” inside.

Judge or sheriff, it was all one to them, each being equally terrible in their eyes.

He felt very sorry for the Temecula people, the sheriff did; but he had to obey the law himself.

He was sheriff of Paris, 1770, and employed his leisure in objects of benevolence, till the revolution overwhelmed him.

You see, sir, we did not look upon him as a common sheriff's man: and he helped himself pretty freely.

The sheriff's hand came out of his pocket with a rush, bringing a pair of handcuffs along with it.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sheriff, such as: constable, marshal, and officer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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