officer of the law
Example Sentences
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A plainspoken champion of the outer boroughs, Adams pitched himself as a true moderate, one who had served the city as an officer of the law.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024
Winston in “New Girl” became a policeman, and now you get to be an officer of the law again in “Fargo.”
From Salon • Aug. 22, 2024
In an equally egregious oversight, “My Policeman” barely acknowledges the fact that Tom, as an officer of the law, has been tasked with enforcing the same barbaric law that his love of Patrick violates.
From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022
What Yokoyama is describing is crisis management, the forte of inspector Shinju Futawatari — “thin, resembling a banker more than an officer of the law, unsure even of how to make an arrest.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2020
“Thing is, as an officer of the law, don’t matter what I got on when it comes to doing my job.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
