INSPECTORS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

inspectors

noun

plural of inspector

as in investigators

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Noun

In a statement posted to Facebook, the Wichita Police Department asked anyone with video of the incident to upload it so investigators could take a look.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
In coordination with agents from the state Department of Labor’s Wage & Workplace Standards Division, investigators determined that the business was operating without a workers’ compensation insurance policy on two separate occasions.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of investigators

Noun

From the classic ‘Whodunit’ style to thrilling neonoirs, mystery novels have compelled readers to solve cases alongside detectives like Hercule Poirot.

— Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
The driver fled in an unknown direction, but detectives identified the vehicle by parts that were left on the road after the crash.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of detectives

Noun

Although there are some online social media photos that show no visible price tag next to Molly, internet sleuths were able to locate other images with a visible sticker price to the side.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Now that sleuths have deduced exactly where, the city is marking the spot.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sleuths

Noun

Others spoke of police chokeholds and the grainy footage that showed officers striking King with batons.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Two off-duty California State Parks officers rescued a woman from a burning vehicle Friday morning after a rollover off Highway 70 in Sutter County, officials said.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of officers

Noun

The author argues that sheriffs should not have independent authority over ballots and election procedures, and calls for the state legislature to clarify sheriff powers by amending the constitution to make sheriffs appointed rather than elected, similar to police chiefs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Those sheriffs were featured in a recent Courier Journal investigation that found that one in six Kentucky counties has had a sheriff criminally charged or convicted since 2010.

— Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025

Definition of sheriffs

Noun

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
On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of policemen

Noun

Dozens of armored cops were still standing guard, shields raised, after a night when 500 people were taken into custody in the French capital alone.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
With no police in sight, Sanaa and other shopkeepers who were targeted along the Rue Étienne Marcel watched as small groups of looters used mobile phones to tip each other off to the cops’ whereabouts, handily winning the cat-and-mouse chase.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of cops

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
Both the Chevrolet and Panzica came to rest in the right shoulder, according to troopers.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of troopers

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