| Main Entry: | constable |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | police officer |
Synonyms: |
bluecoat, bobby, cop, detective, flatfoot, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, policeman, policewoman |
| Main Entry: | detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigator of crime |
Synonyms: |
P. I., Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus, shoofly, sleuth, slewfoot, snoop, spy, tail |
| Main Entry: | police/police officer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, people hired to uphold the laws |
Synonyms: |
arm of the law, badge, bear*, beat cop, black and white, blue*, bluecoat, bobby, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, detective, fed, flatfoot, force, gendarme, heat*, law, law enforcement, narc, patrol |
Antonyms: |
criminal |
| Main Entry: | officer of the law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | police officer |
Synonyms: |
MP, constable, cop, deputy, detective, flatfoot, fuzz, law enforcement agent, lawman, lawwoman, marshal, meter maid, military police, mounted police officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police woman, policeman, sheriff, the man, traffic officer, trooper |
| Main Entry: | police |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawman |
Synonyms: |
badge, bear, blue, bluecoat, bobby, boy scout, bull, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, county mounty, detective, fed, flatfoot, force, fuzz, gendarme, gumshoe, heat, law, law enforcement, man, narc, officers, oink, patrolman, pig, police |
| Main Entry: | police officer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | officer of the law |
Synonyms: |
MP, arm of the law, carabiniere, constable, cop, deputy, detective, flatfoot, flic, fuzz, gendarme, law enforcement agent, law enforcer, lawman, lawwoman, marshal, meter maid, military police, mounted police officer, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, policeman, policewoman, sheriff, the man, traffic officer, trooper |
| Main Entry: | bailiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overseer |
Synonyms: |
agent, bobby, constable, deputy, magistrate, marshall, sheriff, steward |
| Main Entry: | sheriff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law enforcement officer |
Synonyms: |
constable, marshal, officer |
| Main Entry: | bluecoat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | police officer |
Synonyms: |
bobby, constable, cop, detective, flatfoot, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, policeman, policewoman |
| Main Entry: | patrolman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | policeman |
Synonyms: |
arm of the law, badge, bear*, beat cop, black and white, blue*, bluecoat, bobby, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, detective, fed, finest, flatfoot, force, gendarme, heat*, law, law enforcement, narc, officer, patrol, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, police officer, policewoman |