marshals
Gathers and arranges
Marshals is the plural of marshal, a title for certain high-ranking officials.
In the U.S., federal marshals are law enforcement officers who execute court orders, transport prisoners, and protect witnesses.
A marshal may also oversee ceremonies or lead parades: The grand marshal waved from the convertible.
Fire marshals investigate arson.
The verb marshal means to organize or arrange: She marshaled her arguments before the meeting.
sheriff
County's chief officer
trooper · federal agent · bailiff · policeman · detective · inspector · ranger · warden · fugitive · warrant
coordinators
Those who arrange activities
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- processionFormal moving line
steward · usher · dignitary · motorcade · formation · lineup · pageant · honoree · festival · route
- Police Historyconstables, Metropolitan Police, night watch, Scotland Yard, sheriffs
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- crimefighterscops, detectives, FBI, police, sheriffs
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
marshalsdisperses
Spreads widely apart
scatters · disbands · dissipates · demobilizes · dismisses
marshalsoutlaws
Fugitives from justice
fugitives · criminals · lawbreakers · bandits · desperadoes
marshalsdemobilizes
Releases from active duty
stands down · deactivates · discharges · withdraws · retreats
- fire marshalOfficial enforcing burn safety codes
- air marshalsCovert inflight law enforcement
- grand marshalCeremonial procession leader
- federal marshalFederal law enforcement officer
- US MarshalFederal fugitive hunter
- field marshalsHighest army officers
marshal, marshaled, air marshal, marshalled, marshaling, marshalling, marshaller, field marshal