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peace officer

noun as in police officer

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Now L.T. Quinn, he brings in his prisoners alive ... Quinn is a good peace officer and a lay preacher to boot.

Parisian above all, the commissary has had ample time to study his ground when he was yet only a peace-officer.

For the first time, Mlle. Lucienne manifested some reticence, and omitted to repeat the explanations of the peace-officer.

The peace-officer who saved your daughter is precisely the same to whom it was once my good fortune to render a service.

Ochiltree's soliloquy was disturbed by a peace-officer, who came to summon him to attend the magistrate.

He became exclusively a peace officer and custodian of the county jail, and these are the duties of his office today.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to peace officer, such as: arm of the law, law enforcement agent, law enforcer, policeman, and policewoman.

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

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