Constable
Constable noun - A member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level.
Usage example: reported the crime to the local constable
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Synonyms for Constable
Sheriff
Sheriff noun - The principal law-enforcement officer in a county.
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Synonyms for Sheriff
Constable and sheriff are semantically related in policeman topic. You can use "Constable" instead a noun "Sheriff", if it concerns topics such as administrative officer, law enforcement officer.
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Both words in one sentence
- Dirty Cop - Sheriff Burton, who uses Theo's pot habit to blackmail him into becoming town constable and runs a meth lab on an adjacent ranch.
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