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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
policeman
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sleeping policeman
undercover policeman/cop/agent etc
▪ undercover detectives
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
▪ The white inspector comes in with an announcement to make, and the Black policeman starts to leave on an assignment.
▪ We endeavoured to enquire from a black policeman.
▪ In my mind, the first black policeman on a previously all-white force was probably a greater hero.
▪ Two pairs of black policemen in starched khaki uniforms were there to discourage the pickpockets if possible, arrest them if necessary.
▪ My previous experiences had made me wonder if white policemen didn't get a kick out of black policemen investigating black citizens.
▪ Mxenge's assassins were four black policemen from Coetzee's team.
local
▪ The name originated from the days when this house belonged to the local policeman.
▪ Koju had had the presence of mind to bribe a local policeman into accompanying us.
▪ Afterwards the boy's father decided to consult the local policeman to ask his views about the affair.
▪ The neighbourhood was appalled at the atrocities perpetrated on two popular local policemen.
▪ The unrest was sparked off by the arrest of a local policeman on charges of corruption.
▪ The winner had to be drawn in a raffle, picked out by the local policeman.
▪ At the very least, he should have had a local policeman with him.
military
▪ They were tough-looking Feldgendarmen, military policemen, with big brass plaques on their chests.
▪ They traced the serial numbers and found he had probably killed a military policeman.
▪ His office in the heart of Freetown is guarded by a military policeman.
▪ By 1: 00 A. M. Monday, it was clear to military policemen that the riot was of major proportion.
▪ As I put the note in my pocket the door swung open and two military policemen came into the bar.
ordinary
▪ The duties of the ordinary policeman, who was known as a constable, were arduous, at least in Colombo.
secret
▪ Half of them are spies and secret policemen.
uniformed
▪ A uniformed policeman stood under a lamp, his hands clasped behind his back.
▪ She was followed out on to the patio by a fresh-faced, uniformed policeman.
▪ Opening the front door of the flat, she came face to face with an out-of-breath uniformed policeman.
▪ He had been too engrossed in the anguish of his own thoughts to notice the approach of the two uniformed policemen.
▪ A uniformed policeman gave me detailed directions and along with several others I made my way to Court No. 4.
▪ Several more uniformed policemen came in.
▪ He knew that Buddie hated all detectives and uniformed policemen.
▪ The door was bolted but Wycliffe banged on it and was admitted by a uniformed policeman.
white
▪ My previous experiences had made me wonder if white policemen didn't get a kick out of black policemen investigating black citizens.
▪ On the way to town, the soldiers encountered a group of white policemen and shot two of them.
▪ A young white policeman appears from his office reluctantly.
young
▪ Little did the young policeman know that he was not to see either of his colleagues alive again.
▪ Two handsome young policemen were sitting on a slat bench smoking cigarettes.
▪ The younger policeman noticed that his pyjamas were hardly creased.
▪ A young policeman in a leather jacket painfully, letter by letter, typed my losses on an ancient machine.
▪ This was particularly noticeable among the younger policemen, for whom this imagery seems to be a defining characteristic of their work.
▪ A young white policeman appears from his office reluctantly.
▪ If there was any trouble where a young policeman was concerned, she would get going with a whistle and summon assistance.
■ VERB
ask
▪ He asked a policeman who owed him a favour that he wanted no-one to know about.
▪ That's what they told us to do at school - ask a policeman if we're lost.
▪ Kelly asked the policeman what had happened.
▪ He asked the first policeman he saw the way to London University and was pointed in the direction of the Strand.
kill
▪ Rebels hiding in jungle outside the village opened fire, killing one policeman.
▪ They traced the serial numbers and found he had probably killed a military policeman.
▪ Five days later Vernage was to achieve his gruesome ambition to kill a policeman.
▪ Fifteen of the blacks, and none of the whites, were killed by policemen.
▪ Bomb attacks between April 3 and April 25 killed an estimated 29 policemen and 33 civilians, wounding 145 others.
▪ A week later a mob set fire to a town hall in Chauri Chaura in the United Provinces, killing 22 policemen.
shoot
▪ He says Hanger had said he wanted to shoot a policeman and he wasn't going to take risks with his men.
▪ The court heard Charles McGhee was convicted of murder after shooting an off-duty policeman during an armed robbery.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A policeman was slightly injured when he was struck by falling stones in the Umbrian town of Sellano.
▪ I expect to be questioned and not believed about winking at the man, but the policeman does not seem interested.
▪ Not very far away there was also a policeman.
▪ The policeman carried on walking, following the figure.
▪ The motorist was the kind the policeman liked.
▪ Thirty policemen were massacred in Rukum last week when the rebels launched a direct assault on their heavily fortified headquarters.
▪ Two policemen forcibly took her arms from around her son, and led him out to the car to join his sister.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Policeman

Policeman \Po*lice"man\, n.; pl. Policemen. A member of a body of police; a constable.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
policeman

1790, from police (n.) + man (n.).

Wiktionary
policeman

n. A member of a police force, especially one who is male.

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WordNet
policeman

n. a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer" [syn: police officer, officer]

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Wikipedia
Policeman (disambiguation)

A policeman is a warranted employee of a police force.

Policeman may also refer to:

  • Policeman (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies
  • Rubber policeman, a hand-held flexible natural-rubber scraper
  • The Policeman, a 1971 Israeli film
  • Policeman (film), a 2011 Israeli film
  • Policeman (Eva Simons song), a 2015 song by Eva Simons
Policeman (film)

Policeman (, translit. Ha-shoter) is a 2011 Israeli drama film directed by Nadav Lapid. Policeman won multiple awards at the 2011 Jerusalem Film Festival.

Policeman (horse)

Policeman (16 April 1977 – 2001) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He raced only as a three-year-old in 1980, when he won three of his eleven races including a 54/1 upset victory in the Prix du Jockey Club. He began his racing career at Cagnes-sur-Mer where he won two minor races before being transferred to the major French racecourses in spring. After finishing third in the Prix de Guiche and the Prix Matchem he won the Prix du Jockey Club with a front-running performance, defeating a field which included Shakapour, Providential and Argument. He went on to finish third in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud but ran poorly in his last two races and was retired to stud at the end of the year. Policeman was exported to stand as a breeding stallion in New York State but had little success as a sire of winners.

Policeman (Eva Simons song)

"Policeman" is a single by Dutch singer Eva Simons, featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Konshens. The song was released digitally to Soundcloud on 10 April 2015. A music video, directed by Rigel Kilston and featuring Simons and several backup dancers, was released on 12 May 2015 to the Clipper's sounds channel, while a lyric video was uploaded on the release date. The song was also produced by Sidney Samson, who worked with her on her previous single, " Celebrate the Rain". On 6 November 2015 a remix with Faydee was released.

On 17 May a Dutch house remix was released by Sidney Samson and Gwise for free download.

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Usage examples of "policeman".

I introduced myself as a policeman, not a foot baller and asked what had happened to him.

Andrew was good copy, in a way the solid policemen and experts from ballistics could not be, however revealing, or obfuscating their testimony had been.

Sonny Barger makes his public debut as club president in 1958 when he gets his skull bashed in a riot quelled by five carloads of policemen.

Here I fell into a minute or two of insensate ululation, for at the mention of the King of Goimr, the two policemen applying the bastinadoes had fallen into a truly vigorous beating of my feet.

For he was in truth no policeman at all, but the bestest friend Icarus had.

If you are looking for a strategy to use in confrontations with policemen that will guarantee you an expensive ticket, talking to them in Blamer Mode like this is certainly it.

Ron stepped off the altar and began to run down the aisle, pushing Mrs Blatter, the policeman and the lunatic aside.

A voice like a cough suddenly came up from the pit at the side of the stairs making Brigg jump with fear because he thought it might be a military policeman.

Two Miami policemen recently were busted for allegedly trying to sell guns and badges to drug dealers, while several others are being investigated for crimes including murder, robbery and, ironically, home invasions.

Now this latest milestone: Eight current or former Miami policemen busted in the past week for a smorgasbord of drug crimes, including the ever-popular trafficking of cocaine.

Goon, Fatty had his hooter tucked under his coat, and sounded it as soon as they passed the policeman.

It took the help of the policeman and Bell and Gorton to drag Marchal off and hold him.

There he was, standing by helplessly, looking as if he wanted to charge the FBI and the policeman and Merv, simultaneously.

In front of me was the Alcalde Messa, seated at a table covered with documents, and a policeman stood on each side of him.

A uniformed policeman arrived at the yard and asked one of the breakers if there were two black mongrel dogs on the premises.