ABSP - Law: Enforcers

Law: Enforcers

agister agistor	formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same.
alnager aulnager	an inspector of cloth.
apparitor	an officer in court who attends to execute orders.
arrester arrestor	one who makes an arrest.
assizer	an inspector of weights and measures.
bailie baillie	an officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
bailieship	the office of BAILIE.
bailiff	a court officer.
baillie	see BAILIE.
baillieship	the office of BAILLIE.
baseej basij	in Iran, volunteer vigilantes who enforce strict Islamic behaviour and dress code, esp on women.
beadle	a minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order.
beadledom	the office of BEADLE, a minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order.
beadlehood	the office of BEADLE.
beadleship	the state of being, or the personality of, a beadle.
bedel bedell	a BEADLE, a minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order.
bedellship	the office of BEDELL.
bedelship	the office of BEDEL.
bederal bedral	a beadle.
bluecoat	(US) a police officer.
bobby	a policeman.
bumbailiff	a bailiff who comes behind to make arrests; a sheriff's officer.
carabinero	a member of the Spanish national police force serving as frontier guards.
carabiniere	an Italian policeman > CARABINIERI.
carnifex	an executioner, esp. the public executioner in ancient Rome > CARNIFEXES.
catchpole catchpoll	a sheriff's officer who made arrests for failure to pay a debt.
centenier	in Jersey, an honorary part-time police officer with judicial powers.
cheka	the Russian secret police.
chekist	a member of the CHEKA, the Russian secret police.
coastguard	an organization with responsibility for watching coastal waters to prevent smuggling and illegal fishing, to assist shipping, and for life-saving.
coastguardsman	a member of a coast guard.
constable	a policeman or policewoman of the lowest rank.
constabulary	the organized body of constables of a particular district or country.
copper	(coll.) a policeman.
cotwal kotwal	the chief constable of an Indian town.
deathsman	an executioner.
detective	a policeman, usu not in uniform, or other person (private detective) who investigates cases of crime.
dogcatcher	one whose job is to catch stray dogs.
escheator	(hist.) an official who watched over escheats.
executioner	one who carries out an execution.
farborough tharborough	a Shakespearean mispronunciation of THIRDBOROUGH.
fed	U.S. slang for federal agent.
flatfoot	(coll.) a policeman > FLATFEET; (verb) to patrol on foot > FLATFOOTS, FLATFOOTING, FLATFOOTED.
flic	(sl.) a policeman.
foud	a bailiff or magistrate in Orkney or Shetland.
foudrie	the jurisdiction of a FOUD or bailiff in the Orkneys.
fuzz	(sl.) the police.
gabeller	a collector of GABELLE, a tax on salt.
gager gauger	one who checks the contents of casks.
gangbuster	a special police agent working to combat criminal gangs.
gaoler jailer jailor	one who runs a gaol.
gaoleress jaileress jailoress	a female gaoler.
garda	an Irish policeman > GARDAI.
gendarme	a French policeman > GENDARMES or GENSDARMES.
gendarmerie	the French police.
gendarmery	the body of GENDARMES.
gumshoe	a private detective; (verb) to act as a police officer or a detective > GUMSHOES, GUMSHOEING, GUMSHOED.
hangman	an executioner.
harman	a constable; (pl.) HARMANS, the stocks.
hawkshaw	a detective. [From the name of a theatrical gumshoe introduced in an 1863 play].
headsman	an executioner.
imprisoner	one who imprisons.
inspector	a police rank.
jailer	see GAOLER.
jaileress	see GAOLERESS.
jailor	see GAOLER.
jailoress	see GAOLERESS.
jerquer	a Customs officer who JERQUES ships.
kotwal	see COTWAL.
lawman	a law-enforcement officer.
marshal	a law court official with responsibility for prisoners.
meresman	an officer who ascertains meres or boundaries.
paritor	(Shakesp.) an APPARITOR, an officer in court who attends to execute orders.
patrolman	a police officer on duty on a beat.
patrolwoman	a female police officer on duty on a beat.
peeler	a policeman. [From Sir John Peel].
pinder pinner poinder	one who impounds cattle.
pinkerton	a private detective.
plainclothesman	a plainclothes police officer.
pointsman	a policeman on point duty.
police	a body of men and women employed to maintain order, etc; (verb) to make clean or orderly.
policeman	a man who is a member of a police force.
policewoman	a woman who is a member of a police force.
posse	a force or body (of constables).
proctor	a disciplinary officer at a college or university; (verb) to officiate as a proctor.
proggins	a proctor > PROGGINSES. N.B. no PROGGIN*.
ranzelman	an official who searches for stolen goods > RANZELMEN.
repoman	a person employed to repossess unpaid-for goods.
revenuer	a revenue officer.
rosser rozzer	(coll.) a policeman.
roundsman	(US) a policeman who acts as a supervisor.
sbirro	an Italian police officer > SBIRRI.
scavager	an officer who collected SCAVAGE, the toll for keeping the streets clean.
settlor	one that makes a legal settlement.
shamus	a gumshoe, a policeman > SHAMUSES. [Prob. fr. Yiddish shames, sexton of a synagogue].
sheriff	a law-enforcement officer of a county.
sheriffalty sheriffdom sheriffship	the office of SHERIFF.
sherlock	a detective.
shireman	a sheriff.
shirra	(Scots) a sheriff.
shoofly	an undercover policeman who checks on the honesty of other policemen.
shrieval	relating to a SHERIFF.
shrievalty	the office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a SHERIFF.
sleuth	a detective; (verb) to act as a detective, to search for information.
sleuthhound	(coll.) a detctive.
subwarden	a subordinate WARDEN
supercop	a superior police officer.
supersleuth	a very effective detective.
sweeney	the flying squad.
tanadar thanadar	an officer in charge of a TANA, a police station.
tec	a detective.
thanadar	see TANADAR.
tharborough	see FARBOROUGH.
thirdborough	an under-constable.
tidewaiter	a customs officer who boarded and inspected incoming ships.
tipstaff	a sheriff's officer > TIPSTAFFS or TIPSTAVES.
tither	one who collects tithes.
toller	a toll gatherer.
tollman	one who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer.
trooper	(US) a mounted policeman.
turnkey	an under-jailer.
untrusser	one who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.
vigilante	any person executing summary justice in the absence or breakdown of legally constituted law enforcement bodies.
warden	someone who guards or keeps under supervision people, animals, buildings, precious objects, etc; (verb) to guard as a warden.
wardenry wardenship	the office or jurisdiction of a warden.
warder	someone who guards or supervises; a prison officer in charge of prisoners in a jail; (verb) to guard as a warder.
wardress	a female WARDER.
wolly	a uniformed policeman, esp. a raw young constable.
woodward	an officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.
zabtieh zaptiah zaptieh	a Turkish policeman.

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