The police constable arrested the teenager for shoplifting.
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Constable
//ˈkʌnstəbəl//
Synonyms for "constable" (63 found)
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Related words (31)
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13 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 29 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- конетабъл noun (officer of a noble court)
- полицай noun (police officer rank)
- полицай noun (a police officer or an officer with equivalent powers)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 警員 /警员 noun (police officer rank)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 警員 /警员 noun (police officer rank)
- 警官 noun (police officer rank)
Czech
2 entries- konstábl noun (police officer rank)
- konstábl noun (officer of a noble court)
Esperanto
1 entries- konstablo noun (a police officer or an officer with equivalent powers)
Finnish
4 entries- konnetaabeli noun (officer of a noble court)
- konstaapeli noun (police officer rank)
- nuorempi konstaapeli noun (police officer rank)
- vanhempi konstaapeli noun (police officer rank)
French
3 entries- connétable noun (officer of a noble court)
- connétable noun (elected head of a parish)
- constable noun (police officer rank)
Greek
2 entries- αστυφύλακας noun (police officer rank)
- χωροφύλακας noun (police officer rank)
Hindi
1 entries- आरक्षी noun (police officer rank)
Indonesian
1 entries- jagabaya noun (police officer rank)
Irish
1 entries- constábla noun (police officer rank)
Italian
3 entries- agente (polizia) noun (police officer rank)
- appuntato (carabinieri) noun (police officer rank)
- conestabile noun (officer of a noble court)
Japanese
1 entries- 捕方 noun (police officer rank)
Latin
2 entries- praepositus villae noun (elected head of a parish)
- vigil noun (a police officer or an officer with equivalent powers)
Malay
1 entries- konstabel noun (police officer rank)
Middle Armenian
1 entries- գունդստապլ noun (officer of a noble court)
Māori
1 entries- kātipa noun (police officer rank)
Norman
2 entries- connêtabl'ye noun (elected head of a parish)
- counnétablle noun (elected head of a parish)
Persian
1 entries- آژان noun (police officer rank)
Polish
3 entries- konstabl noun (police officer rank)
- konstabl noun (a police officer or an officer with equivalent powers)
- konstabl noun (officer of a noble court)
Portuguese
2 entries- agente noun (police officer rank)
- condestável noun (officer of a noble court)
Russian
3 entries- коннетабль noun (officer of a noble court)
- консте́бль noun (police officer rank)
- консте́бль noun (officer of a noble court)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- maor-sìthe noun (police officer rank)
Spanish
1 entries- condestable noun (officer of a noble court)
Swahili
1 entries- konstebo noun (police officer rank)
Swedish
1 entries- konstapel noun (police officer rank)
Tagalog
1 entries- konstable noun (police officer rank)
Vietnamese
1 entries- quản đốc noun (police officer rank)
Welsh
1 entries- cwnstabl noun (police officer rank)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
"I shall be most happy to tell you anything I can," the constable answered, with his eyes upon the little golden disk.
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His suspicions being aroused, the sergeant followed the man, and with the aid of Constable Pollack succeeded, after a most desperate resistance, in arresting him.
Source: tatoeba (6980612)
A constable was standing at the kitchen door.
Source: tatoeba (7008328)
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