as in officer
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
reported the crime to the local constable
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Recent Examples of constable
Gómez was first elected to the court in 1995 after serving 15 years as a constable.
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Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
Agencies assisting included Tarrant County constables, police departments from Fort Worth and Forest Hill, and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Texas law requires constables to become licensed peace officers with arresting authority within nine months of taking office.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The Massachusetts Ethics Commission says that the city’s former harbormaster had his subordinate, the shellfish constable, write several college assignments for him.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
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Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
Agencies assisting included Tarrant County constables, police departments from Fort Worth and Forest Hill, and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Texas law requires constables to become licensed peace officers with arresting authority within nine months of taking office.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The Massachusetts Ethics Commission says that the city’s former harbormaster had his subordinate, the shellfish constable, write several college assignments for him.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for constable
Noun
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Law-enforcement officers, clad in helmets and flak jackets and wielding long guns, materialized on the stage.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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His grandfather, Chris Heidenreich, was a naval officer, and his uncle, Chip Heidenreich, served as a corpsman with the Marines.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The alleged kidnapping of Donaldson was the second time this normally rare type of crime — the abduction of a policeman during the course of his job — has occurred in the East Bay in two months.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The White House’s approach of eschewing being the world’s policeman to instead focus on key geopolitical battlegrounds is paying off, an ex-assistant secretary of state wrote.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Good cops in this business tend to have more friends but fewer rings.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Garcia De Jesus lived in Yonkers, cops said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Blood stains and duct tape In the days that followed, Hillsborough County sheriff’s detectives took the lead in efforts to find the missing students.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Disturbed gravesite reported Deputies were called to Davis Memorial Gardens in Lufkin after a report of a disturbed gravesite, the sheriff's office said in a social media post.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Constable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constable. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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