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game warden

American  

noun

  1. a public official who enforces game laws.


game warden British  

noun

  1. a person who looks after game, as in a game reserve

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ruth: Fictional Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett thriller book series by author C.J.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2025

When a fish and game warden tried to tranquilize the big cat, the officer missed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

At first, he was confident that the bear he shot at seven times was a black bear because the animal didn’t have a grizzly’s characteristically humped back, he allegedly told Crane, the game warden.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023

Kola Shippentower-Thompson, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in eastern Oregon, hunted with her husband, Tommy Thompson, who is the Umatilla tribal game warden, and her cousin, Dion Denny.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

“Suppose I get an order for abalones and maybe the game warden thinks I’m using my collecting permit too often. Suppose he thinks I’m eating them.”

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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