Definition of Police lieutenant

1. Noun. An officer in a police force.

Exact synonyms: Lieutenant
Generic synonyms: Law Officer, Lawman, Peace Officer
Derivative terms: Lieutenancy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Police Lieutenant

police cars
police chief
police commissioner
police constable
police court
police cruiser
police department
police departments
police detective
police dog
police dogs
police force
police forces
police headquarters
police investigation
police lieutenant (current term)
police line
police matron
police office
police officer
police officers
police power
police powers
police precinct
police procedural
police sergeant
police service
police services
police squad
police state

Literary usage of Police lieutenant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Transvaal from Within: A Private Record of Public Affairs by Percy Fitzpatrick (1899)
"BECHUANALAND BORDER POLICE. Lieutenant-Colonel Raleigh Grey, 6th Dragoons Commanding. Captain Gosling, commanding G Troop. Sub-Lieutenants Hoare and Wood, ..."

2. The "sixth Division": Military-paramilitary Ties and U.S. Policy in Colombia by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Joanne Mariner, Malcolm Smart (2001)
"He was reputedly a former police lieutenant who had been discharged after being linked to paramilitaries and human rights violations while serving in the ..."

3. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1917)
"Where in a prosecution for murder the theory of the state was that defendant, a police lieutenant, instigated the crime bemuse deceased, a professional ..."

4. Round the Block: An American Novel by John Bell] [Bouton (1864)
"THE door opened, and the tall form of the police lieutenant appeared, ... The police lieutenant appeared to be pleased with his success in finding the ..."

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