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How to use patrolman in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Patrolman means a police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision. Example: “He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.”

Examples of patrolman by meaning

nounA police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.

  • On September 9, when a solitary Japanese patrolman tried to curtail the work of five Taiwanese who were cutting trees from a windbreak (in Anting settlement, Sinhua district), the accused responded "Taiwan is not Japan's land.2006, Ping-hui Liao, David Der-wei Wang, Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895–1945, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page...

More sentences with patrolman

  • He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.From the entry bust
  • The sharp-eyed detective noticed things the ordinary patrolman missed.From the entry sharp-eyed
  • The patrolmen were given a hot sheet of stolen cars.From the entry hot sheet
  • The patrolman had the misfortune to be assigned a beat that ran past the house of Ms. McDougall, a notorious prattler and neighborhood gossip.From the entry prattler
  • Mostly whiteshirts, from initiate Healers to patrolmen to Electors and ArchPaladins in full battle gear.2010, Tim Akers, The Horns of Ruin, Amherst, N.Y.: Pyr, →ISBN, page 266. From the entry archpaladin
  • Patrolman Ramseur’s reaction, in view of his snake-phobia, does the man credit.1933 November 7, “Huge Blacksnake Picks Cop’s Auto for Quiet Snooze”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LXVI, number 147, Atlanta, Ga.…. From the entry snake-phobia
  • We let a captain with possible O.C. connections off the hook, but we bust a patrolman for having a drink!1991, Vincent Murano, William Hoffer, Cop Hunter, page 73. From the entry rip
  • Two Negro women were being held after a patrolman on downtown duty watched them unload coatsful of items into a parked Cadillac.1970 January 19, George Whittington, “Under Eyes of Police: Burglars, Shoplifters Have Hard Time Over Weekend”, in The Clarion-Ledger…. From the entry coatful
  • Flat feet may be important to the patrolman who must pound a beat, but in cities with patrol cars, should mild cases of flat feet disqualify?1948, Alfred Haines Cope, The administration of civil service in cities of the third class in Pennsylvania, page 65. From the entry pound a beat

Meaning of patrolman

  1. noun A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.

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Questions about patrolman in a sentence

How do you use patrolman in a sentence?
Patrolman is used as a noun. For example: “He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.”
What is a short sentence with patrolman?
“He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.”
What does patrolman mean?
Patrolman means a police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.

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