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flic

[ flik; French fleek ]
/ flɪk; French flik /
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noun, plural flics [fliks; French fleek] /flɪks; French flik/. Slang.

a police officer; cop.

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RELATED WORDS

detective, deputy, policeman, constable, officer, marshal, trooper, cop, fuzz, sheriff, patrolman, patrolwoman, policewoman, MP, carabiniere, flatfoot, gendarme, lawman

Nearby words

flexure, fley, fleyedly, flibbert, flibbertigibbet, flic, flicflac, flichter, flick, flick knife, flick-knife

Origin of flic

1895–1900; < French (slang), perhaps < German; Cf. flick boy, in early modern German thieves' argot (of obscure origin)
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