minion of the law
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Last week it became known that Henry Ford for the first time in many years had been reached by a minion of the law.
From Time Magazine Archive
But logic "is a minion of the law, not its master."
From Time Magazine Archive
I must say that the pampered minion of the law arose splendidly to the occasion.
From Castles in the Air by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
His years as a minion of the law had adequately conditioned him to the utter boredom that went with the ordinary stake-out.
From Twelve Times Zero by Browne, Howard
And floating in the water Jim received another order, from the retreating and apologizing minion of the law, to stand at attention at Headquarters.
From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver
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