officer of the law
Example Sentences
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It is not an action to be taken on live television by an officer of the law.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025
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
The ability to walk down the street without having to justify my presence or state my business to an officer of the law is a significant thing to give up.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2020
They walked around the block three times, the cop pretending not to notice the hands that went up to hide smiles as the people saw a fully uniformed officer of the law so engaged.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
