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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A 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. Why are you stopping us?"
Use patrolman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Patrolman means A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision..
Common synonyms include flatfoot.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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. Why are you stopping us?"
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