sergeant
The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
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Feds charge Chicago police sergeant with wire fraud tied to COVID relief loans https://abc7chicago.com/post/feds-charge-chicago-police-sergeant-brandi-wright-wire-fraud-tied-covid-relief-loans-paycheck-protection-prog…
Bombing civilians is bad. Bad when Hezbollah does It. Bad when IDF does it. Israel, right now, is a true fascist state and every member of its government and all military above the rank of sergeant (and some of thos…
LOL. CPC doing the Sergeant Schultz routine. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Watched The Hurt Locker. American war movie. Bomb squad sergeant recklessly puts unit at risk repeatedly during the Iraq war. I was pissed off by 20 minutes on. I can't even say how many times I said 'wtf are you do…
This afternoon on #TPTV Wednesday 6th May. All #TPTVsubtitles 12:00 SERGEANT CORK (1963) 13:05 THE BUCCANEERS (1956) 13:35 TOMORROW AT TEN (1962) 15:30 DIAL 999 (1958) 16:00 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) 18:30 GIVE US…
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The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon
“Feds charge Chicago police sergeant with wire fraud tied to COVID relief loans https://abc7chicago.com/post/feds-charge-chicago-police-sergeant-brandi-wright-wire-fraud-tied-covid-relief-loans-paycheck-protection-program/19049711/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Bombing civilians is bad. Bad when Hezbollah does It. Bad when IDF does it. Israel, right now, is a true fascist state and every member of its government and all military above the rank of sergeant (and some of those) need to be tried at the Hague for their crimes.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“LOL. CPC doing the Sergeant Schultz routine. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Watched The Hurt Locker. American war movie. Bomb squad sergeant recklessly puts unit at risk repeatedly during the Iraq war. I was pissed off by 20 minutes on. I can't even say how many times I said 'wtf are you doing you fucking bell end'...cont.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This afternoon on #TPTV Wednesday 6th May. All #TPTVsubtitles 12:00 SERGEANT CORK (1963) 13:05 THE BUCCANEERS (1956) 13:35 TOMORROW AT TEN (1962) 15:30 DIAL 999 (1958) 16:00 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) 18:30 GIVE US A CLUE (1985)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(military) A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
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(legal, historical) A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.
“A hearing to determine whether the case of a sheriff’s sergeant accused of rape will proceed to trial was postponed Tuesday, as defense counsel attempts to obtain internal affairs reports containing statements made by the alleged victim.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Jury watches footage of fatal collision with Nelson officers https://www.europesays.com/2967941/ A jury has been shown footage of the moment Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming was fatally struck and thrown…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I always do what they ask, but I call them like Officer Bacon or Sergeant Swine while I do it”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ex-Army sergeant recalls creature sighting that changed life after new Bigfoot reports in Ohio https://fascinating.news/r/EAcDQmEP”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yeah, this was something my mother's father brought back from his service in France, where he'd been sent as part of the KS-MO regiment of the Guard. (He was a sergeant.)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(British) A non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A colour sergeant ranks above a sergeant and below a warrant officer.