What is 'flics' called in English?

'flics' in English is called "Cops". Cops refers to: Terme familier et souvent péjoratif désignant des agents de police ou la police.

How do you pronounce 'Cops' and 'flics'?

Listen to clear English audio pronunciation of 'Cops' and native French audio speech for 'flics' with bilingual sentence examples on DictBridge.

English: "The cops showed up quickly after the alarm went off." | French: "Les flics sont arrivés rapidement après que l'alarme se soit déclenchée."

noun

English to French Dictionary

flics

flics in English:cops

Phonetic:fliks

Plural: cops

Gender:Masculin

Quick Answer • En bref

La signification de cops en français est flics. (Terme familier et souvent péjoratif désignant des agents de police ou la police.)

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noun(informal)
flics
An informal and often derogatory term for police officers or the police force.
Terme familier et souvent péjoratif désignant des agents de police ou la police.

casual

“The cops showed up quickly after the alarm went off.”

Les flics sont arrivés rapidement après que l'alarme se soit déclenchée.

casual

“He was afraid the cops would catch him.”

Il avait peur que les flics ne l'attrapent.

In French:

policiersagents

In English:

police officerslaw enforcement

In French:

criminelsvoleurs

In English:

criminalslawbreakers

nouncop

good cop, bad copidiom

A negotiation tactic where one person acts tough and the other acts sympathetic.

cop outphrasal_verb

To avoid doing something that one should do, or to renege on a responsibility.