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police officer

A policeman or policewoman.

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police officer

(Law) a member of a police force, esp a constable; policeman. Often (esp as form of address) shortened to: officer

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police′ of`ficer

a policeman or policewoman.

[1790–1800]

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Noun

police officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

policeman, officer

constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"

bobby - an informal term for a British policeman

cop, fuzz, copper, pig, bull - uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

police captain, police chief, captain - a policeman in charge of a precinct

police constable, constable - a police officer of the lowest rank

detective, police detective, tec, investigator - a police officer who investigates crimes

gendarme - a French policeman

inspector - a high ranking police officer

law officer, lawman, peace officer - an officer of the law

motorcycle cop, motorcycle policeman, speed cop - a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)

police matron, policewoman - a woman policeman

Mountie - colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

shoofly - an undercover police officer who investigates other policemen

traffic cop - a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic

trooper - a mounted policeman

state trooper, trooper - a state police officer

police officer

noun cop (slang), officer, pig (offensive slang), bobby (informal), copper (slang), constable, plod (Brit. slang), peeler (Irish and obsolete Brit. slang), gendarme (slang), fuzz (slang), woodentop (slang), bizzy (informal), flatfoot (slang), rozzer (slang), policeman or policewoman a meeting of senior police officers

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police officer

noun

A member of a law-enforcement agency:

bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, policewoman.

Informal: cop, law.

Slang: bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase).

Chiefly British: bobby, constable, peeler.

Translations

شُرْطِيّ

policista

politibetjent

Polizist Polizistin

αστυνομικός

policía agente agente de policía

poliisi

agent gardien de la paix keuf policier policière

policajac

rendőr

agente agente di polizia poliziotto ufficiale di polizia

警察官

경찰관

politiebeambte

politibetjent

policjant

policial agente da polícia polícia

полицейский

policaj

polis

เจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจ

polis görevlisi

cảnh sátviên cảnh sát

警官

police officer

n (man) → agente m di polizia; (woman) → donna f poliziotto inv

police officer

→ شُرْطِيّ policista politibetjent Polizist αστυνομικός agente de policía poliisi gardien de la paix policajac agente di polizia 警察官 경찰관 politiebeambte politibetjent policjant agente da polícia, policial полицейский polis เจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจ polis görevlisi viên cảnh sát 警官

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"We can soon see," replied the police officer, and ringing a bell he summoned an assistant to whom he issued a few directions.

Tarzan realized now what was the meaning of their visit to the police officer.

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A police officer, regardless of the frost, stood at the entrance, gorgeous in his uniform.

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Let her see the police officer in plain clothes enter the room.

And then he stood at ease, self-revealed in his own sinister identity--a police officer in plain clothes.

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A carriage waited at the door, the coachman was on the box, and a police officer sat beside him.

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When it arrived there, four guards and a police officer, who accompanied it, mounted into the heavy machine and closed the shutters; then through an opening cautiously made, the policeman began to watch the length of the Rue Cocatrix, as if he was waiting for some one.

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"This is Bermondsey Sal," said one police officer, bending over the bedraggled heap of tattered shawl and dirty skirt.

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They were his fellow-citizens gone wrong because of imperfect education, Chief Inspector Heat believed; but allowing for that difference, he could understand the mind of a burglar, because, as a matter of fact, the mind and the instincts of a burglar are of the same kind as the mind and the instincts of a police officer. Both recognise the same conventions, and have a working knowledge of each other's methods and of the routine of their respective trades.

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"A straight whisky; for the night is bitter," said the police officer. "I don't think we have met before, Councillor?"

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Police were stationed at the brightly lit entrance which was carpeted with red baize, and not only gendarmes but dozens of police officers and even the police master himself stood at the porch.

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It was not until that remarkable document was made public that the world dreamed of there being any connection between the assassination of the King and Queen of Portugal and the murders of the New York City police officers. While the deeds of Emil Gluck were all that was abominable, we cannot but feel, to a certain extent, pity for the unfortunate, malformed, and maltreated genius.