Sheriff
noun
An elected person who keeps law and order in a county or town.
The sheriff arrested the criminals who were hiding in the forest.
Often appears as...
- sheriff's department
- sheriff's office
noun
An elected person who keeps law and order in a county or town.
The sheriff arrested the criminals who were hiding in the forest.
Often appears as...
- sheriff's department
- sheriff's office
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Law Enforcer
In modern times, a sheriff usually refers to the highest law enforcement officer of a county.
The town's people trusted their sheriff to keep them safe.
Pro Tip 2/3Electoral Position
The sheriff is a job one is voted into, not just hired for, in many places.
She campaigned to become the next county sheriff.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Urban
The term is more common in rural or less populated areas; large cities often have police chiefs instead.
Rural counties have a sheriff, while large cities have a police chief.
Pro Tip 1/3Law Enforcer
In modern times, a sheriff usually refers to the highest law enforcement officer of a county.
The town's people trusted their sheriff to keep them safe.
Pro Tip 2/3Electoral Position
The sheriff is a job one is voted into, not just hired for, in many places.
She campaigned to become the next county sheriff.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Urban
The term is more common in rural or less populated areas; large cities often have police chiefs instead.
Rural counties have a sheriff, while large cities have a police chief.
Pro Tip 1/3Law Enforcer
In modern times, a sheriff usually refers to the highest law enforcement officer of a county.
The town's people trusted their sheriff to keep them safe.
Pro Tip 2/3Electoral Position
The sheriff is a job one is voted into, not just hired for, in many places.
She campaigned to become the next county sheriff.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Urban
The term is more common in rural or less populated areas; large cities often have police chiefs instead.
Rural counties have a sheriff, while large cities have a police chief.
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The US is addicted to...
their communities want them home. Has there been some opposition? Sure, of course. You know, when we go into a new site, we do so carefully, we prospect it carefully, we try to understand who are our partners on the ground that might help us in this initiative, grassroots organizers, not-for-profit organizations, systems holders, sheriffs, right?
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We need to talk about an...
worried look on his face came into the courtroom and sat down behind me almost a council table about ten minutes later the judge said we would take a break and during the break there was a deputy sheriff who was offended that the janitor had come into court and this deputy jumped up and he ran over to this older black man he said
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Mapping the Green Book PIPE...
this chauffeur's hat that black people would pretend to be chauffeur to help them get out of situations with law enforcement and i asked my stepdad one day i said is this true and he said yeah he said it happened to him when he was a child riding in the back seat of his parents car then they got pulled over by sheriff and
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
He kept looking through the window and could hear all the holler. And finally, this older Black man with a very worried look on his face came into the courtroom and sat behind me, almost at counsel table. Ten minutes later, the judge said we'd take a break. During the break, there was a deputy sheriff who was offended
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A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
action a group of armed african-american world war one vets drive down to the courthouse that night and tell the sheriff they want to defend the courthouse the sheriff tells them to leave as they're leaving an elderly white man went up to a tall black vet and said where are you going with that gun
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Prohibition: Banning...
it was clear that Prohibition had not brought the social improvements it had promised. Instead it contributed to political corruption and organized crime and was flouted by millions of citizens. At one raid on an Detroit beer hall, the local sheriff, mayor and a congressman
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Nursed Back to Health PIPE...
know I know well it's just sheriffs community rescued and confiscated orangutangs arrived at the centre faster than loaner can release them but at least this handful have a second chance baba Abbot has come a long way from the
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Angela Patton: A...
signed collectively by each girl, and I would have to say, he is a very special sheriff. He contacted me immediately and said, whenever there is an opportunity to bring families inside,
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Miracle Jones: The...
the age of four from the time the sheriff took my dad away until the time the probation officer said it was okay for him to come home on his own
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Arson Trail PIPE Kentucky...
you got two types of fires right accidental scenery sheriff lipfird gathers deputies Travis
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The US is addicted to...
their communities want them home. Has there been some opposition? Sure, of course. You know, when we go into a new site, we do so carefully, we prospect it carefully, we try to understand who are our partners on the ground that might help us in this initiative, grassroots organizers, not-for-profit organizations, systems holders, sheriffs, right?
Video examples
We need to talk about an...
worried look on his face came into the courtroom and sat down behind me almost a council table about ten minutes later the judge said we would take a break and during the break there was a deputy sheriff who was offended that the janitor had come into court and this deputy jumped up and he ran over to this older black man he said
Video examples
Mapping the Green Book PIPE...
this chauffeur's hat that black people would pretend to be chauffeur to help them get out of situations with law enforcement and i asked my stepdad one day i said is this true and he said yeah he said it happened to him when he was a child riding in the back seat of his parents car then they got pulled over by sheriff and
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
He kept looking through the window and could hear all the holler. And finally, this older Black man with a very worried look on his face came into the courtroom and sat behind me, almost at counsel table. Ten minutes later, the judge said we'd take a break. During the break, there was a deputy sheriff who was offended
Video examples
A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
action a group of armed african-american world war one vets drive down to the courthouse that night and tell the sheriff they want to defend the courthouse the sheriff tells them to leave as they're leaving an elderly white man went up to a tall black vet and said where are you going with that gun
Video examples
Prohibition: Banning...
it was clear that Prohibition had not brought the social improvements it had promised. Instead it contributed to political corruption and organized crime and was flouted by millions of citizens. At one raid on an Detroit beer hall, the local sheriff, mayor and a congressman
Video examples
Nursed Back to Health PIPE...
know I know well it's just sheriffs community rescued and confiscated orangutangs arrived at the centre faster than loaner can release them but at least this handful have a second chance baba Abbot has come a long way from the
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Angela Patton: A...
signed collectively by each girl, and I would have to say, he is a very special sheriff. He contacted me immediately and said, whenever there is an opportunity to bring families inside,
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Miracle Jones: The...
the age of four from the time the sheriff took my dad away until the time the probation officer said it was okay for him to come home on his own
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Arson Trail PIPE Kentucky...
you got two types of fires right accidental scenery sheriff lipfird gathers deputies Travis
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Nick Yarris
American Writer
There were several appeals, but I ruined it all by escaping after three years inside. I was being transported to court and we stopped to use the rest room. There were two sheriffs and I managed to get away. I out-ran a helicopter, got on the aeroplane and went to Florida.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
One of the hardest things I do as FBI Director is call the chiefs and sheriffs in departments around the nation when officers have been killed in the line of duty. I call to express my sorrow and offer the FBI's help.
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Joe Arpaio
American Public Servant
I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.
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Fred DeLuca
American Businessman
I was able to solve enough big problems along the way that the sheriff didn't come along and put the 'bankruptcy' sign up.
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W. H. Auden
English Poet
If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
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Jerry Van Dyke
American Actor
I've always done comedy, and I've always wanted to do a dramatic role. I wanted to be a sheriff.
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Nat King Cole
American Musician
The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.
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Pam Bondi
American Public Servant
I do not want to be sheriff of Hillsborough County, seriously.
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Cameron Winklevoss
American Businessman
The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
American Politician
The United States can't be sheriff of the whole world.
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Nick Yarris
American Writer
There were several appeals, but I ruined it all by escaping after three years inside. I was being transported to court and we stopped to use the rest room. There were two sheriffs and I managed to get away. I out-ran a helicopter, got on the aeroplane and went to Florida.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
One of the hardest things I do as FBI Director is call the chiefs and sheriffs in departments around the nation when officers have been killed in the line of duty. I call to express my sorrow and offer the FBI's help.
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Joe Arpaio
American Public Servant
I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.
Quote examples
Fred DeLuca
American Businessman
I was able to solve enough big problems along the way that the sheriff didn't come along and put the 'bankruptcy' sign up.
Quote examples
W. H. Auden
English Poet
If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away.
Quote examples
Jerry Van Dyke
American Actor
I've always done comedy, and I've always wanted to do a dramatic role. I wanted to be a sheriff.
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Nat King Cole
American Musician
The sheriff is at the cash register, and if I don't get a hit soon, I don't know what I'll do.
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Pam Bondi
American Public Servant
I do not want to be sheriff of Hillsborough County, seriously.
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Cameron Winklevoss
American Businessman
The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
American Politician
The United States can't be sheriff of the whole world.
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