Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sheriff's deputy; more specifically, as distinguished from deputy sheriffs in general, a deputy on whom as under-sheriff the law devolves the powers of sheriff in case of a vacancy, the vice-sheriff having the powers of a deputy meanwhile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sheriff's deputy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In certain jurisdictions, a
deputy sheriff ;second in command to a sheriff.
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Examples
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The undersheriff was a man of medium stature; this large masked person was about the size of the larger of his lately made acquaintances, the brothers Poole.
Copper Streak Trail Eugene Manlove Rhodes 1901
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I will conduct both a national and internal search for new chiefs and undersheriff.
James Mejia: Denver's Public Safety Department: Building Trust Through Leadership, Transparency and Accountability James Mejia 2011
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When I am sworn in as mayor, I will require the police chief, fire chief, manager of safety and the undersheriff to submit letters of resignation.
James Mejia: Denver's Public Safety Department: Building Trust Through Leadership, Transparency and Accountability James Mejia 2011
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I will conduct both a national and internal search for new chiefs and undersheriff.
James Mejia: Denver's Public Safety Department: Building Trust Through Leadership, Transparency and Accountability James Mejia 2011
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King is the former executive director of the Jersey City Parking Authority, former chairman of the Jersey City Incinerator Authority and a former Hudson County undersheriff, will be sentenced on November 17.
NJ Council Candidate Pleads Guilty To Campaign Fraud David Lohr 2011
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When I am sworn in as mayor, I will require the police chief, fire chief, manager of safety and the undersheriff to submit letters of resignation.
James Mejia: Denver's Public Safety Department: Building Trust Through Leadership, Transparency and Accountability James Mejia 2011
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During his absences, he let his undersheriff, Herb, think he ran the department, but Daisy actually was the one in charge.
The Huckleberry Murders Patrick F. McManus 2010
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Warrick had been gone for two years now, murdered by a corrupt undersheriff, but the memory still stung.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010
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His new responsibilities as undersheriff had not mellowed her prickly, autocratic boss; if anything, he was even more concerned with politics and public relations than before.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010
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Richard Lucia, undersheriff of Alameda County, says that more people are violating traffic laws than ever before.
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