lance corporal
nounDefinition of lance corporal
: an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal
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Salazar-Quintero is also a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, and both men are lance corporals. — Patrick Perron, The Mercury News, "Two California Marines charged with smuggling immigrants into the United States," 10 July 2019 Salazar-Quintero is also a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, and both men are lance corporals. — Patrick Perron, The Mercury News, "Two California Marines charged with smuggling immigrants into the United States," 10 July 2019 On July 3, two Marine lance corporals — Byron Darnell Law II and David Javier Salazar-Quintero — were arrested by Border Patrol for allegedly transporting unauthorized immigrants. — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, "12 Camp Pendleton Marines arrested in July face charges in smuggling operation," 12 Aug. 2019 Salazar-Quintero is also a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, and both men are lance corporals. — Patrick Perron, The Mercury News, "Two California Marines charged with smuggling immigrants into the United States," 10 July 2019 Border Patrol agents saw Law and Salazar-Quintero, both lance corporals, pull their vehicle off Interstate 8 around 10 a.m. near Jacumba Hot Springs and pick up three unauthorized immigrants, according to U.S. District Court documents. — Andrew Dyer, Los Angeles Times, "Two more Camp Pendleton Marines and a sailor arrested in human smuggling, drug probe," 27 July 2019 Salazar-Quintero is also a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, and both men are lance corporals. — Patrick Perron, The Mercury News, "Two California Marines charged with smuggling immigrants into the United States," 10 July 2019 Salazar-Quintero is also a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, and both men are lance corporals. — Patrick Perron, The Mercury News, "Two California Marines charged with smuggling immigrants into the United States," 10 July 2019 Salazar-Quintero is also a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, and both men are lance corporals. — Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN, "Marines charged with smuggling immigrants into the United States," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lance corporal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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