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provost marshal
[ proh-voh ]
noun
- Army. an officer on the staff of a commander, charged with the maintaining of order and with other police functions within a command.
- Navy. an officer charged with the safekeeping of a prisoner pending trial by court-martial.
provost marshal
/ əˈəʊ /
noun
- the officer in charge of military police and thus responsible for military discipline in a large camp, area, or city
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of provost marshal1
Example Sentences
A provost marshal enters the incident into a military database that puts the FBI on notice so it can enter the name into a background list of people prevented from buying weapons.
Gen. Duane Miller, who as deputy provost marshal general is the Army’s No. 2 law enforcement official.
It launched a provost marshal position to help find any dishonorable soldiers the Guard may not be aware of, the news station reported.
An Army provost marshal clashes with a detective over a murder at the San Francisco military base.
He spent much of his Army career as a military police officer and was provost marshal at West Point from 1952 to 1955.
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