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bluecoat

noun

Definition of bluecoat

as in officer

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Noun

Kering, which welcomed veteran automobile executive Luca de Meo as chief executive officer in September 2025, seems in a mood to shake up the group’s creative ranks.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Upon entering the school building, Krantz said, officers confirmed that the suspect was dead and found the four other people who died from their injuries, and their families have been notified.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of officer

Noun

Hanuman inspires him to avenge the rape of his mother by a corrupt policeman working for a deceitful Hindu nationalist spiritual leader.

— Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
When plans were made for a visit to Japan by President Eisenhower in 1960—it was eventually called off—there weren’t enough policemen to guard his route into Tokyo, so the yakuza were mobilized to help.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of policeman

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Jenna Ziviani, a constable at the police station, helped deliver Lyla while receiving guidance from an ambulance officer on the phone.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Thompson alerted a town administrator and special constable named Sherise Fountain, who went to investigate.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of constable

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Under sufficiently intense illumination, this emission can stimulate other excited copper atoms to release X-rays traveling in the same direction.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
From the 20th century is a 1933 copper and gilt sculpture by California modernist artist Sargent Claude Johnson.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of copper

Noun

In January 2025, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch changed the department pursuit policy, barring cops from chasing after vehicles fleeing car stops unless a felony crime or a violent misdemeanor was committed.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Even as a former cop, he was shocked by the state of the place.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of cop

Noun

Indeed, the iconic image of the unarmed British bobby was a product of this trust.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2026
The great theme of the recent Tory conference was providing reassurance—putting more bobbies on the beat, building more hospitals, raising the minimum wage and otherwise spraying money all over the place.

— The Economist, The Economist, 12 Oct. 2019

Definition of bobby

Noun

Colorado State Patrol troopers say not only are some drivers being charged for one DUI, but troopers are seeing issues where the same driver is getting more than one DUI.

— Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
According to state police, the trooper allegedly spotted what looked like a firearm near the center console while speaking to Elliott-Guillory.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of trooper

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