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Definition of Police lieutenant
1. Noun. An officer in a police force.
Generic synonyms: Law Officer, Lawman, Peace Officer
Derivative terms: Lieutenancy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Police Lieutenant
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 ..."