Law and Officer

Law

Law noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.

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Officer and law are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Officer" instead a noun "Law".

Nearby Words: lawful, lawless, laws, lawfulness, lawfully

Officer noun - A member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level.

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Law and officer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Law" instead a noun "Officer".

Nearby Words: official, office, officered, officering

old	old law	old officer
good	good law	good officer
special	special law	special officer
single	single law	single officer
Other adjectives: actual, real, young, general, federal, military, highest, last, local, soviet, roman.

In some places the police have completely supplanted the Sheriff as the primary law enforcement officer, in which case the Sheriff may shift into a role similar to the U.S.

Source: Useful Notes / American Law Enforcement aka: FBI
He fully realises that an officer of the law has to follow the law, and says so when another character claims his dismissal was unfair.

Source: Video Game / Outlaws
Joe Swanson from Family Guy is a police officer that always follows the law and expects his friends to do the same, even going as far as arresting them should they break the law.

Source: Lawful Good

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