police officer (noun)

  • 101inspector — noun Date: 1602 1. a person employed to inspect something 2. a. a police officer who is in charge of usually several precincts and ranks below a superintendent or deputy superintendent b. a person appointed to oversee a polling place •… …

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  • 102enforcement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ law ▪ peace ▪ soldiers involved in peace enforcement operations overseas ▪ civil rights (AmE), drug (esp. AmE) ▪ …

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  • 103identity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ true ▪ assumed, false ▪ He was discovered living under an assumed identity in South America. ▪ mistaken ▪ This is obviously a case o …

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  • 104ticket — noun 1 for travel, an event, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ one way (esp. AmE), single (BrE) ▪ return (BrE), round trip (AmE) ▪ day, season, weekly …

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  • 105pig — noun 1》 an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout, kept for its meat. [Sus domesticus.]     ↘a wild animal related to this; a hog. [Family Suidae.]     ↘N. Amer. a young pig; a piglet. 2》 informal a greedy …

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  • 106detection — noun (U) the process of detecting, or the fact of being detected: the early detection of cancer detective /dI tektIv/ noun (C) 1 a police officer whose job is to discover information that will result in criminals being caught see also: store… …

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  • 107speeding ticket — noun a ticket issued for driving above the speed limit • Hypernyms: ↑ticket * * * noun, pl ⋯ ets [count] : a piece of paper that a police officer gives to someone who was driving too fast and that indicates a fine that the driver will have to pay …

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  • 108billy club — noun Etymology: 2billy Date: 1949 a heavy usually wooden club; specifically a police officer s club …

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  • 109bluecoat — noun Date: 1593 a person who wears a blue coat: as a. a Union soldier during the American Civil War b. police officer …

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  • 110flatfoot — noun (plural flatfeet) Date: 1860 1. a condition in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground 2. a foot affected with flatfoot 3. a. or plural flatfoots slang police officer; especially a patrolman… …

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