Meaning

4 senses
  1. A police officer, usually a male.

    a male member of a police force

  2. A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.

  3. Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.

  4. Synonym of enforcer.

Examples

533 sentences
  1. Tom wanted to become a policeman.

    Том хотів стати поліцейським.

    ruТом хотел стать полицейским.

    deTom wollte Polizist werden.

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  2. The policeman arrested him for drunken driving.

    Поліцейський заарештував його за водіння у стані алкогольного сп'яніння.

    ruПолицейский арестовал его за вождение в пьяном виде.

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  3. Tom is a thirty-year old policeman.

    Том тридцятирічний поліцейський.

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  4. The policeman wouldn't let go of the suspect.

    Поліцейський не відпускав підозрюваного.

    deDer Polizist wollte den Verdächtigen einfach nicht loslassen.

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  5. Tom showed his driver's license to the policeman.

    Том показав свої водійскі права поліцейському.

    ruТом показал полицейскому свои водительские права.

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Forms

plural: policemen
Singularpoliceman
Pluralpolicemen

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
member of a police force:police officerA2
glass rod with rubber cap:rubber policeman

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • be a policeman
  • by a policeman
  • the policeman arrested
  • become a policeman
  • saw the policeman
  • ask the policeman
  • policeman arrested
  • a policeman isn't
  • of a policeman
  • the policeman was
  • policeman asked

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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