policemanpo‧lice‧man /pəˈliːsmən/ ●●● S2 W3 noun (plural policemen /-mən/) [countable] 
EXAMPLES FROM THE 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.
THESAURUSpeople in the police
(also officer) a member of the police. In British English, police officer is used especially in more formal contexts, for example in news reports. In everyday English, British people still usually say policeman or policewoman: · a senior police officer· He was sentenced to life in prison for killing a police officer.· He is the officer in charge of the case.· Officer Fayard (=in the US ‘Officer’ is used in the title of police officers)
a man who is a member of the police: · an off-duty policeman· He’s a former policeman.
a woman who is a member of the police: · The girl, accompanied by a policewoman and two social workers, was seen in private by Sheriff George Crozier.
abbreviation used in the job titles of British police officers. PC means ‘Police Constable’ and WPC means ‘Woman Police Constable’: · PC Keith Fletcher· WPC Susan Larkin
a police officer whose job is to discover who is responsible for crimes: · Detectives are investigating the death of a baby boy.· Detective Inspector John Hartwell
adjective a plain-clothes police officer wears ordinary clothes instead of a uniform: · Two plain-clothes police officers, acting as hotel security men, kept watch on him.
a British police officer of the lowest rank: · a police constable· Constable Robin Cameron
a senior police officer who is in charge of the police in a particular area in Britain: · the chief constable of North Yorkshire police
informal a police officer: · You’d better call the cops.
a US police officer in a state police force: · a New Jersey state trooper
WORD SETSagent, nounbaton, nounbeat, nounbobby, nounbody armour, nounbody search, nounbook, verbchief constable, nounchief inspector, nounchief superintendent, nounCID, the, commander, nouncommissioner, nouncomposite, nounconstable, nounconstabulary, nouncop, nouncopper, nouncop shop, nouncruiser, noundetective, noundragnet, nounFBI, the, flying squad, nounFraud Squad, nounfrisk, verbgendarme, nounguard dog, nounhighway patrol, nounhomicide, nouninformant, nouninspector, nounInterpol, nouninvestigation, nounlaw enforcement agent, nounlawman, nounmanor, nounMetropolitan Police, the, MI5, nounmissing person, nounMountie, nounmugshot, nounnab, verbnail, verbnarc, nounnark, nounnick, verbnightstick, nounofficer, nounoperation, nounpaddy wagon, nounPanda car, nounpatrol, nounpatrol car, nounpatrolman, nounpig, nounplain-clothes, adjectiveplastic bullet, nounpolice constable, nounpolice department, nounpolice dog, nounpolice force, nounpoliceman, nounpolice officer, nounpolice station, nounpolicewoman, nounprecinct, nounquell, verbquestion, verbradar trap, nounraid, nounraid, verbrank, nounrap sheet, nounriot police, nounroadblock, nounScotland Yard, search warrant, nounsheriff, nounshield, nounsnout, nounspecial agent, nounSpecial Branch, nounspecial constable, nounsquad, nounsquad car, nounstate trooper, nounstation house, nounstore detective, nounsupergrass, nounsuperintendent, nountraffic cop, nountrooper, nountruncheon, nounwarrant, nounwater cannon, nounWPC, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
undercover detectivesCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a male police officer undercover detectives· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· The duties of the ordinary policeman, who was known as a constable, were arduous, at least in Colombo.
· Half of them are spies and secret policemen.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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· 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.
· 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.
· 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.