deputy sheriff

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noun

a peace officer subordinate to a sheriff.

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Origin of deputy sheriff

First recorded in 1665–75

Words nearby deputy sheriff

deputation, depute, deputize, deputy, deputy minister, deputy sheriff, De Quincey, der., deracinate, deradicalize, deraign

How to use deputy sheriff in a sentence

Damon Gutzwiller, the deputy sheriff, whose wife was pregnant with their second child, or David Patrick Underwood, the security officer at the Oakland federal building, who made a habit of donating to local baseball youth organizations.
“I Felt Hate More Than Anything”: How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War|by Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot, Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program|April 13, 2021|ProPublica
A 15-year veteran officer as well as vice president of the state’s rural crime prevention task force, Freeman polices the county as a deputy sheriff.
Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town|Andrew Zaleski|February 9, 2021|Popular-Science
“There’s more to the story due to the erratic behavior of this gentleman to include his driving and his behavior when confronted by the deputy sheriff,” Jones said.
Video shows fatal shooting of man by Montgomery County sheriff’s deputy|Ian Duncan, Dan Morse|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
He then allegedly fired several rounds, striking a deputy sheriff and the two store workers before he fled.
Sheriff’s deputy remains in stable condition after shooting at Walmart in Sterling|Steve Thompson, Dana Hedgpeth|January 7, 2021|Washington Post

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors also rebuffed pleas from residents this summer, but did vote last year to implement new lower pensions for newly hired deputy sheriffs.
Morning Report: Residents Support Shifting Police Funding|Voice of San Diego|October 29, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Patrick Klugman, the deputy mayor of Paris, said: “We are living our kind of 9/11,” he said.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We also see her physically battling Sheriff Clark, but the camera focuses on her falling to the ground.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The pastor told sheriff deputies that he spoke with the younger man “but said nothing inappropriate.”
Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In turn, he told the sheriff he had experimented with gay sex in college.
Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Judge or sheriff, it was all one to them, each being equally terrible in their eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
He felt very sorry for the Temecula people, the sheriff did; but he had to obey the law himself.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The door was opened; and the deputy stood back, while the son of the Duke entered the vestibule of the prison.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He was sheriff of Paris, 1770, and employed his leisure in objects of benevolence, till the revolution overwhelmed him.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
You see, sir, we did not look upon him as a common sheriff's man: and he helped himself pretty freely.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood