policier
noun
a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
policiers
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pluralof policier.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Alert viewers may also recognize a rough-hewn Lino Ventura — already a fixture in policiers — as one of Maigret’s men.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2017
The French have a long history of these kinds of detail-oriented policiers: a genre they pretty much invented.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2016
The film climaxes, as all policiers apparently must, with a car chase, but it is nowhere near as interesting as the successful off-casting of nice Hal Holbrook as a heavy.
From Time Magazine Archive
