Definition of Police officer

1. Noun. A member of a police force. "It was an accident, officer"


Definition of Police officer

1. Noun. An officer in a law enforcement agency. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Police Officer

police court
police cruiser
police department
police departments
police detective
police dog
police dogs
police force
police forces
police headquarters
police investigation
police lieutenant
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
police states
police station
police stations
police van

Literary usage of Police officer

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

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"A police officer, who in good faith and under color of an ordinance kills an unmuzzled dog by the administration of poison, does not violate the statute ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"H« or some police officer, whether acting under a warrant cr not, has to adduce nil ... A police officer must attend the taxing officer, give the necessary ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The petition alleges that Ward, the deceased, contributed, out of his salary as a police officer, to the Police Life and Health Insurance Fund, ..."

4. A Chronological History of the Boston Watch and Police: From 1631 to 1865 by Edward Hartwell Savage (1865)
"BOSTON COURIER, October 12, 1865. Police Records and Recollections. — Mr. Edward H. Savage, who has been in the service of the city as a police officer for ..."

5. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"Nor can it be honestly said that he IB neglectful of bis duty as a police-officer. So far as we could discover, his police duties appeared to be carried out ..."

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