flic
noun
a police officer; cop.
flics
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pluralof flic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Cara Black has studied Buddhism in India, taught English in Japan, and visits Paris at least twice a year with notebook in hand, to explore and to interview les flics about crime and procedure.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2022
Publishers are scouring the world for the next crime wave: a few summers hence we may all have forgotten about Oslo and Ystad, and be reading about les flics in Paris and Lyon instead.
From Economist ● Aug. 30, 2012
There has, alas, been no word on whether a half-smoked Gauloise and small glass of Ricard were left at the scene to taunt les flics.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2010
Deneuve learned from the French flics how to shoot a revolver.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ten thousand flics and riot police, the largest concentration since the days of Algerian upheaval, were assigned to protect Brezhnev wherever he moved.
From Time Magazine Archive
